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Working at Dollar General

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Dollar General Overview

Industry
Discount Retailer
Revenue
$37.8B
Headquarters
Goodlettsville, TN
Employees
143,000
Founded In
1939
Website
Organization Type
Public
CEO
Todd J. Vasos
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Dollar General is a retail company focusing on small-box discount stores, offering everyday essentials, and carrying popular brands. The company aims to simplify shopping by providing a carefully curated selection of products at low prices in convenient locations. Dollar General boasts an extensive range of high-quality items from trusted manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Unilever, Kellogg's, General Mills, and Nabisco.

Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Tennessee, Dollar General has grown to become the nation's largest small-box discount retailer under the leadership of CEO Todd J. Vasos. With a diverse workforce of 143,000 employees and an annual revenue of $37.8 billion, the company ranks among the top retailers in the United States. Despite a relatively high employee turnover rate, Dollar General continues to thrive as an industry leader with a commitment to providing value and convenience for customers.

Dollar General's Mission Statement

Dollar tree, inc. Is a customer-oriented, value-driven variety store operating at a one dollar price point.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2025
Pros of working at Dollar General

It's a job

Cons of working at Dollar General

Pay, hours, timeline for things needing to be done, not enough hours to be properly staffed, driveline never showing up

Dollar General Benefits

There are no perks / benefits

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing they seem a bit incompetent.

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

Reassessments of financial flow from top to bottom

How did you prepare for the Dollar General interview?

I didn't

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

Low

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

Could care less I just want to be able to keep the lights on and food in the fridge

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

Going home

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2025
Pros of working at Dollar General

Customers are amazing here and patient The team I have is amazing

Cons of working at Dollar General

District Manger is rude snapping all the time and plays favorites. Not a good leader

Dollar General Benefits

OT benefits

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

NA

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

Leadership needs to do better and need more Leadership

How did you prepare for the Dollar General interview?

Over the phone I got the job

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

Lower

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

NA

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

NA I don’t really have Joy it could be better if are Distract manger was more of a people person, but she has no people skills and she’s very demanding and not helpful whatsoever

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A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

The pros for working at Dollar General are meeting interesting people and learning new things for the job.

Cons of working at Dollar General

The cons for working at Dollar General was the constant irrelevant drama between other coworkers and the unorganized and unprofessional management.

Dollar General Benefits

My favorite benefit from working at Dollar General was the short distance from home and the friends I made.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

Çustomers, people I work with with

Cons of working at Dollar General

Everything including pay, hours, trying to get employees working one day a week, inconsiderate, part time Keyholder has no one to cover for them. Plus so much more

Dollar General Benefits

My customers.

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

Everything

How did you prepare for the Dollar General interview?

I didn't, I got hired without being interviewed. Which isn't the problem, the problem was not being told hold things operates there

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

Getting basic experience working a job that requires a lot of effort. This job made me better at multitasking a lot of things at once. Learning how to help out customers and problem-solving, at work.

Cons of working at Dollar General

People not showing up to work. The low pay. Working all holidays except for Christmas.

Dollar General Benefits

Vacation days

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

As a store manager, you make your own schedule. If you build a great team they become family

Cons of working at Dollar General

No work life balance

Dollar General Benefits

None

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

Very low

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

Ok I guess

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

The customers and building lasting relationships with them

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

Customer are amazing

Cons of working at Dollar General

Dollar general does not care about there people they should not be working by themselves in a store. I was robbed at gun point and they don’t care. They also need to close stores earlier than 10

Dollar General Benefits

Insurance

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

Well the fact that he step away and then stepped back up is not saying much, but they are completely confused

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

Think about the employees first they are the ones who maintain the stores. Give more hours and no one should ever be in there by there self

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

Good I wished they did more for all employees

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

Okay

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

My peers and customers are the light of my day

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

Grearf for life n job n money n friends

Cons of working at Dollar General

Was very happy part time n had a job my family loved me I was on time neat and did my job carefully

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

I was always a team player n ready to work

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

It's was amazing so was the store hiree n I can be an assist to family fare as a stockeri prepared for family fare interview by grabbingy resume looking at store n applying

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

Family dollar were I want to work

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

Family fare o want to work

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

Family fare were I want to work

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2024
Pros of working at Dollar General

Quick advancement opportunities, pay is good (much more than shown on this site).

Cons of working at Dollar General

DG doesn't give enough payroll hours to adequately staff stores in order to get all tasks, duties, etc. done. Apparentlly, its much easier for corporate to complete everything that has to be done onbpaper than it is to actually perform the tasks. Micromanagement is also an issue. Not only do the tasks have to be completed, but after they are done the task has to be completed in the system, and then pictures have to be taken and sent to upper management. Also, too many unnecessary conference calls.

Dollar General Benefits

The teledoc benefit is a very good benefit.

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

Don't really know the CEO. My district manager does a pretty good job considering all she has on her plate.

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

I woul;d not micromanage the stores/managers who do their job correctrly and efficiently on a consistent basis.

How did you prepare for the Dollar General interview?

There was not much preparation involved in my interview experience.

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

I feel that my pay is very competitive as compared to other similar retail positions.

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

DG does a good job with diverse demographics

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

I get the most joy from my job when I get paid and go home. I don't work for the fun of it, but working for Dollar General is not so bad.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2024
Dollar General Benefits

How close I live.

Cons of working at Dollar General

Lower pay than what's listed here on this site

Pros of working at Dollar General

I help people

What do you like best about Dollar General's CEO and the leadership team?

I do not like corporate management. They are far too detached from stores and customers.

How would you improve Dollar General's culture?

Hours. One person per hour opened is not enough

How did you prepare for the Dollar General interview?

I dressed appropriately

How does your compensation at Dollar General compare to the industry average?

My pay is extremely lower than industry average. And I'm told I can not get raise because I have reached top.

What's the diversity at Dollar General like?

They are way too concerned with this, just raise pay and we can have better qualified candidates to choose from. Right now pay is so low. Hardly any applicants at all

What brings you the most joy at Dollar General?

Helping people.

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The team at Dollar General

  • The founders of Dollar General are Cal Turner and James Turner.
  • The key people at Dollar General are Todd J. Vasos, Cal Turner and James Turner.
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Dollar General Rankings

Dollar General is ranked #84 on the Best Retail Companies to Work For in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Dollar General salaries

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Salary Score
The average a Dollar General salary in the United States is $32,035 per year. Dollar General employees in the top 10 percent can make over $46,000 per year, while Dollar General employees at the bottom 10 percent earn less than $21,000 per year.
Average Dollar General Salary
$15.40
hourly
$32,035 yearly
Updated March 14, 2024

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  1. Supervisor
  2. Store Manager
  3. Assistant Manager
  4. Warehouse Worker
  5. Shift Leader

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Dollar General diversity

9.7
Diversity Score
We calculated Dollar General’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Dollar General’s workforce.
Dollar General diversity summary. Zippia estimates Dollar General's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Dollar General's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Dollar General's workforce.
  • Dollar General has 143,000 employees.
  • 66% of Dollar General employees are women, while 34% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Dollar General is White (64%).
  • 15% of Dollar General employees are Black or African American.
  • 12% of Dollar General employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • The average employee at Dollar General makes $32,035 per year.
  • Dollar General employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Dollar General stay with the company for 2.4 years on average.
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Dollar General Financial Performance

9.9
Performance Score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

Dollar General currently has 37.8B in revenue. Dollar General's most recent quarter produced 9.8b (q2'2023).

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Dollar General may also be known as or be related to DOLLAR GENERAL LITERACY FOUNDATION, Dollar General, Dollar General Corporation and J.L. Turner and Son.