Family Dollar Employee Reviews for Store Manager
Browse Family Dollar Reviews by Job Title →Store Managers at Family Dollar give their company a 3.0 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Family Dollar is 3.5, making them 15% less happy than every other employee at Family Dollar and 24% less happy than every other Store Manager on CareerBliss - the happiest Store Managers work for CashITUSA.
"Store managers work 90+ hours a week to make budget."
What do you like about working at Family Dollar?
"New challenges every day, which necessitate creativity and out-of-the-box thinking."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"You must be very people friendly and able to deal effectively with people of every strata of society."
What don't you like about working at Family Dollar?
"Store managers have no work/life balance. In a month, you might get 2 days off where you don't have to be in the store for some reason. Average hrs per day are 12 - 14."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Make the Assistant Store Managers salaried. More payroll for more sales and less customer theft."
Average Store Manager Ratings in the Past 2 Years
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $3 |
| 2012 | $2 |
What do you like about working at Family Dollar?
"I liked taking care of my customers and increasing sales for profitability.Being able to use my customer service skills and teaching them to my staff for there success.No customers you have no business."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Make sure you get compensated for the extra hours you work because I assure you there will be plenty because its a salaried position."
What don't you like about working at Family Dollar?
"I feel that the company has put a workload on the managers that could not be accomplished properly without giving up your family life.Even with delegating to my Assistants Mgrs. and staff.If you wanted to put in 62-68 hours a week the job could get done but when your hired for 52 hours and I understand that in retail there are times you need to put extra hours in but not on a regular basis."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"When hiring be honest about the amount of hours your hiring for so the person has an idea.Not tell them its a 52 hour work week knowing the job cant properly get done without putting in at least an extra 10 hours a week."
"adequete and relevent"
What do you like about working at Family Dollar?
"The freedom to run my store as I saw fit."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be yourself and tell them your true beliefs"
What don't you like about working at Family Dollar?
"District involvment without knowledge of diversity"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Always be enthusiastic not only about your job, but for your customers. Let them know you are there for them, to help them and earn their respect. When you do this, you will accomplish ( not only satisfying the customer but) improve productivity for the company and gain loyal (referals) and satisfied customers. which will increase sales and profits."
Average Family Dollar Attributes by Store Manager
"I worked on the average, 80-90 hour weeks"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"be prepared for long hours and overfilled trucks"
What don't you like about working at Family Dollar?
"the long hours"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"better structure of the truck process"
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