Poor Work Life Balance - Anonymous employee Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Oct 9, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only good reason to work for Dollar General is they are expanding during an economic crisis.

Cons

As a store manager there is zero work-life balance. Store managers are expected to work 6 days a week and often times do not get there one day off. If there is a call in you have to go in and cover it if you can't find anyone else. Store managers are expected to do a majority of the task because the company does not trust anyone else to do them. The store manager is the only one that can receive the truck, which is delivered once a week and usually has a window of delivery that spands 10 hours. Often times the truck does not come in on time, and is delivered outside of the window. Once the truck comes it usually takes 1.5 - 3.5 hours to unload depending on size. A lot of times store managers are stuck working just 14 to 16 hours on a truck day.

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Cons

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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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