Serious shortage of quality leadership - Anonymous employee Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Apr 8, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay was not bad. Benefits are so-so. Educational opportunities outside of work. Climate controlled facility.

Cons

Senior leadership was horrible at the DC while I was there, unlike the senior leadership of the company, which I respect. I understand that they fired the worst ones. Good. I don't think they evaluate/develop their leadership candidates very well, or panic and hire anyone with a pulse. They promote a lot of hourly workers without evaluating their leadership skills, which just perpetuates their problems. Turnover was as bad as I've ever seen, and that could have been mitigated to an extent. Employees are denigrated behind closed doors, but the attitude gets picked up on by the employees, so the bad attitude goes both ways. Leadership has very little understanding of what they ask employees to do, so employees lose respect for them. Quite a few quality employees that other companies would have been happy with are swept out the door. Heard the term "slave plantation" among hourly employees. Not exactly how you want to be perceived in the community.

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5.0
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Pros

Good job for someone starting to get a job

Cons

Terrible oppurtunities for anyone actually trying to move forward. Boss literally had a stroke from this job and then was forgotten about.

1.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

The job itself is easy. The cash register, stocking (especially the totes and dry truck) and cleaning are so simple however there are certain things that make it difficult, although the work itself is not (under the right circumstances.)

Cons

They never have enough people on shift so it’s always difficult to get things done. It seems like all the managers I know from the store I worked at and the surrounding ones are all so deep into drama it made me wonder if I was back in high school. Dry truck always seems to bring far too much and the stores are so little that overstock is a huge issue here. The reason I ultimately left was due to severe mistreatment and some safety concerns I had regarding some past experiences. I am very glad I left and I would not ever go back.

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