Give more labor - Store Training Manager Dollar General Employee Review

3.0
1 Feb 2022
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Pros

The process has proven time and again to work. I've been doing this for a long time and have proven it to work with the right people in place. I love the work and training new store managers. The pay is decent but not for the stress and work load.

Cons

The company continues to state how much they appreciate us but Connie to make it harder on the store managers by cutting payroll budgets and adding more work loads. No one will keep a job if they are only getting appx 8-12 hours a week that's not part time. Even following the SMs required 50 hours the remainder of the budget does not get the work load completed in the 7 days before it starts over. Cannot retain an employee that you don't have labor hours to properly train. And just to verify my credibility DG currently has over 8 SMs running their own stores that I have trained 5 of which I hired myself. Absolutely no work life balance for store managers.

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5.0
17 Sept 2025
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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
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

You have an opportunity to create good good relationships with your customers.

Cons

There is no work life balance. If you’re a store manager you’re expected to be there 24/7 if necessary. You’re also salary, so you’re paid for a flat 40 hours but required to schedule yourself for a minimum of 48 hours. No holiday pay, no overtime. You have access to two types of bonuses but they’re IF you qualify for them. You get little to no support from upper management and constantly told you’re not doing enough. They don’t care if you’re having staffing issues and still expect you to get the truck completely worked in 2 days and the store to be 100% recovered daily, even if you’re alone. Then they’ll either look for ways to write you up to terminate you or push you until you quit.

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