Poor Work Life Balance - Anonymous employee Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 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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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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