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Rick Dreiling
Former Employee – worked at Dollar General part-time for more than a year
Pros – Liked most of my co-workers and my bosses. They were motivating by giving compliments on job performance.
Cons – Cashiers are expected to do the majority of the work. You have to work the register, help customers, stock, clean, and anything else they want you to do, I was always stuck up front dealing with mad customers while everyone else was in the back of the store putting out stock and laughing and having a good ol' time. No benefits and the pay is pretty much minimum wage.
Advice to Senior Management – Treat your cashiers better or pay them better with some benefits.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-19 00:44 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Dollar General
Pros – Family Oriented
Community Oriented
Good work environment
Cons – None in my opinion for this location.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-11 17:27 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Dollar General full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Good pay, work balance and peers are top notch
Cons – Management slow to respond to needs. Not committed to loss prevention
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-11 21:56 PDT
1 person found this helpful
Current Employee – been working at Dollar General full-time for less than a year
Pros – There is always job security as long as you bust butt!
Cons – The pay and hours are horrible.
Advice to Senior Management – Pay the employees better and stop taking away our hours
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-29 00:47 PDT
1 person found this helpful
Former Employee – worked at Dollar General full-time for more than a year
Pros – All of my pros relate directly to my awesome store manager. She took care of her staff, and tried to be flexible with our hours within reason.
Cons – Barely any staff to work with, as a result managers where overworked. Sometimes unrealistic work loads.
Advice to Senior Management – Possibly consider hiring on more staff to help out with workloads. When you only have two people working and need two pages of things done in one day, it's very hard to do.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-29 22:09 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Dollar General
Pros – -Know what is expected out of you
-Employees are friendly
-Manager promotes good team chemistry
Cons – -customers can be very rude
-work demands excessive for what you are being paid
2013-05-03 18:14 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Dollar General full-time for more than a year
Pros – Interesting work, nice facilities, good bonus potential.
Cons – Turnover is too high. Perpetual aggressiveness with timelines.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-28 20:12 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Dollar General part-time for less than a year
Pros – Breaks, Some free stuff depending on what it is like snacks
Cons – Pay, Poor management, no real discount,
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-25 11:15 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Dollar General full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Stable company to work for.
Cons – No family life,long hours,not enough payroll hours,Do a lot with very little,They do not appreciate there associates very much start at minimum and demand a lot of work from them.
Advice to Senior Management – Recognize management in store more. Store managers should not have to work 6 days a week.Training is ok with the company.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-19 04:33 PDT
2 people found this helpful
Current Employee – been working at Dollar General full-time for less than a year
Pros – Dollar General offers part-time employees health benefits. Pay is a set rule based on performance and work experience. Moving up is easy and encouraged.
Cons – Dollar General is a cheap company that does little to better the look of it's stores. Because most stores are usually targeted for theft. Dollar General believes it's "Shrink" is caused mostly by employees (70%).
Advice to Senior Management – Maybe it's time to complain to corporate. You need better security, better floor plans, better ways to deter robbery. Cashiers should not handle dropping deposits in wide open spaces.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-20 15:52 PDT
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