Former Dollar General Manager Says TikToks Got Her Fired

Mary Gundel, a former Tampa Bay Dollar General manager, says her TikToks got her fired. It started when she responded to someone’s video about the store. She vented about how tough the job was due to workload and short staffing. Mary said she was advised to take her videos down, but respectfully declined. She also said she was told the videos were affecting her job and she was being watched by corporate. Since getting fired, Mary has posted regularly about Dollar General. Inside Edition Digital has more.

[@janetd254]

I walked in to my local dollar general and the cashier let me know she was closing in 10 mins. It was 7:30pm and the store usually closed at 10pm. I was quick and went to check out. I asked why she was closing early and she told be she had been working 12 hours straight with no help, no lunch or breaks and she wasn’t giving them an hour more. I felt so bad.

[@kes9612]

Poor lady, hopefully she got home& had some much needed rest! It's ridiculous that a fortune 500 company would expect such from their employees and have little or no regard for their staff. I hope this lady coming out with Truth makes them change their business strategy and start being better to their employees; After all they can't make money without them!!!

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

she probably got fired the very next day

[@daradiant1]

@@jasonvoorhees5640 And DG needs to be sued if they did.

[@40shadeofbeauty16]

@@daradiant1 no if you close the store clear you most likely got fired that how ROSS IS

[@JB-it5nw]

@@40shadeofbeauty16 actually if a store is short staff you can shut it down, I use to work at Freddy’s and we had to close the restaurant because we only had 3 people including me working

[@universalalgorithm3263]

The fact that the company fired her is proving her point.

[@la_meme83]

She has the right to speak up what's on her mind and heart.

[@nvjhknbhjnjv6627]

@@la_meme83 yesss

[@debraashley8831]

Universal Algorithm, "the company" reached out to her to resolve her "point", which seemed to be more with her customers than her employer, but she declined, opting instead for internet 'fame' and 'fortune' via GoFundMe. 😉

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

@@debraashley8831 Exactly. She says she's happy she got fired, so it's not really such a big deal for her, is it? Especially now that she has Go Fund Me funds from gullible people. 💁🏻‍♀

[@michaelnixion3560]

@@la_meme83 and they have the right to fire her

[@lc6636]

Why was she fired go telling the truth? Attention Dollar General: We know exactly what goes on in the stores. She didn’t have to tell us. You were wrong.

[@bobdole4093]

When you're old enough to work and join the workforce, you'll understand why badmouthing your employer leads to losing your job

[@cazedit8439]

@@bobdole4093 She wasn't badmouthing there's a difference. She was simply just stating what she goes through working there. She never bashed the job or anything

[@matcharo]

@@bobdole4093 free speech mf

[@bobdole4093]

@@matcharo heil Biden! That's what you sound like when you leftists support that potato

[@badbunny6572]

What do they even sell in a store like that?

[@thatguhl]

I’m a nurse and I have had multiple retail jobs and worked in several hospitals but dollar general was BY FAR the toughest job I have ever had. I just handed my keys to my cashier one day and never came back. They want you to do the work of 5 people and pay you pennies

[@toocutenoirb.4278]

I used to work at dollar general. She wasn't lying they give MAX hours, Little pay, Heavy Workload, Barely good times for stocking and delivery. And NO ONE wants to work there. Like the only that kept me working there during college was it was walking distance until I saved up for a car and the MGRs tend to be really good to employees but above them it's trash....She was RIGHT and they were mad she told the truth

[@bts_fan4life21]

I worked for DG as well. She’s right about everything.

[@brandiwhitley5798]

@@bts_fan4life21 same here. I will NEVER work at a DG again. It didn't feel like a job it felt like a crappy daytime soap opera.

[@Beastmode365]

💯💯💯

[@Bettervibesforever]

Jesus Christ I worked there and it was hell, didn’t tell me they where short staffed, made me work on days I didn’t know I had off. DG is hella awful

[@ericchin9007]

boohoo life is so hard having a job, grow up.

[@jodihowell8077]

I work at Dollar General too. Everything she said was 100% correct

[@phoenixrodarte3121]

Me too, buddy! 5 yrs, and it’s nothing but soul-sucking job. Plan on going back to college this year

[@toocutenoirb.4278]

Right !! Me too. My mgr was lovely but nothing was gonna keep me at that trashcan when they wanna work you to death.

[@kanthony65]

Sooooooo...... You're looking for another job.... right?

[@xMaxLoverx1]

@@phoenixrodarte3121 dude, just do Uber eats

[@xMaxLoverx1]

@@kanthony65 Uber Eats first better

[@ainsleyg123]

“We listen to our employees concerns” but fired her when she voiced her concerns smh. As an employee in the customer service field I always get called lazy by customers while busting my ass. It’s nice to have some awareness. Just cuz I work at a grocery store doesn’t make me any less of a human being haha

[@timlane5832]

Yeah some people have no sense You're fine.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Lol sounds like dollar tree exactly. They ALL say that, but more so their world about their embarrassment.

[@shara503]

People who literally work in corporate do not know what their employees go through generally. Instead of firing her they should of listened EVEN if they disagreed to what she said. I hope more people walk out on this big corporations. Buy from small places. Make local markets more popular. Support local families.

[@maddygvanlifer435]

I did!!!!

[@getyamindright210]

They know what there employees go through. They just don't care....

[@lydiapetra1211]

So true not to mention they don't work weekends.....

[@CoCo-yv3hl]

Yes they do know they don’t care

[@superprincessgem1]

Her: Complains about the company being understaffed Dollar general: *fires her and proves her point*

[@bobdole4093]

Nothing stopped her from quitting a long time ago and getting another minimum wage job. She could always try to apply to be a model for a line of bobble heads should she not have the skillset for the literally unlimited supply of unskilled jobs available

[@TheShop90sKids]

@@bobdole4093 that last paragraph was vicious 💀💀💀. I mean we’ve all worked jobs we’ve hated, but they proved her point. She complained about being short staffed and instead of hiring more people. They let her go lol

[@bobdole4093]

@@TheShop90sKids good. She would be more productive NOT making useless tiktok videos. Anyone using tiktok is waste of skin

[@BloodNote]

@@bobdole4093 Ok boomer

[@bobdole4093]

@@BloodNote ok groomer

[@PositiveVibesOnly37]

As a former Dollar General employee, what she says is TRUE. They expect you to run the register and put out stock, as well as recovery (moving all items on shelf to the front so there aren't any gaps). I was overworked and underpaid. My manager expected me to close every night, not making it home until around 10pm and I had a 6 yr old at the time with a babysitter. I hated not being home to put him to bed at night. I asked my manager to change my hours. He told me if he changed my hours, I wouldn't have any hours. So I quit right then and there. Walked off and never went back. I'm glad this woman got out of there. I wish her the best.

[@amandagold31]

Yup quit my job there about a month in a half ago . I don't regret a damn thing .

[@jesuscastillo6082]

Lmao she lucky you handled that well Let somebody make a smart remark like that about me not being able to see my kids especially when they have the power to change that I’d lose it if u thought u gonna talk to me like that as well (round 1 fight)

[@corbinwagner6608]

you're right about that because I worked for Dollar General for only 7 months and quit just last month because I was hardly getting enough hours only like 10 hours a week then it's hard to be going back and forth between stocking and register ESPECIALLY when its really busy

[@earlofwickshire5416]

How coulf you have been an employee there when you're clearly a cat?

[@gatorhunter1]

*underpaid. Not under payed. You're welcome.

[@josephh5632]

As a ex employee, I can tell you it’s VERY TRUE!! They could care less about you as a person and employee

[@naishareid664]

I spent almost 20yrs as a retail manager with various companies and yes it can be one of the most demanding, back breaking, tedious, unsafe, unappreciated and most definitely underpaid jobs out here. I’m so glad I left retail when I did.

[@kalyriewells]

Understaffed is definitely true. I've never seen a Dollar General or Dollar Tree with more than 2 employees. It's mostly just 1 person stocking shelves and then running to the cash register when a customer shows up

[@whiteprivilege7961]

I can say I've seen that before also .

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Yup I'm surprised more people don't walk out with items. U gotta beg to cash out lmao

[@brittanygeatter1678]

That is true that is why dollar general is always getting robbed

[@Holisticxoxo]

My dollar general has one person closing every night. That not safe.

[@goatimus6676]

Lol she's on tiktok Bruh wgaf

[@hacatan24]

Dollar general: we listen and learn with our employees Also Dollar general: you better stay quiet or you're going to get fired

[@saraswinerton7202]

You naild it

[@inflation1139]

NEWS FLASH IDIOTS : You cant be on your phone at work making videos , that alone will get you FIRED! Open your own business, then you can have your employees walking around doing tic toc videos all day. Lets see how long you keep those doors open. 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@flyingjew2994]

She went public about it so I would fire her too

[@inflation1139]

@@flyingjew2994 she did it on the JOB also.

[@llll-mn9te]

@@flyingjew2994 that's the point

[@christins.1481]

I was shopping in Dollar General, only one employee in the store 6 customers at the register. Lady checking told the employee she broke a jar of pickles and that it was still on the floor. The employee gave a look of disbelief but was holding her composure. Customer didn't even get another jar of pickles and walked out. I saw a broom and dust pan behind the counter, grabbed that and went and swept up the mess then brought back behind the counter and the employee couldn't believe I would do something like that for her.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Ya because you aren't getting paid 1. 2, nobody just does that. They just stand there because they don't care or they're not getting paid or they're in a hurry.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

But I appreciate that.

[@christins.1481]

@@WillBlindYouWithLight I get paid to do that at work. They don't have slime and mud to clean like I do.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

"Nobody wants to work...." For low pay, terrible treatment, and ungrateful bosses.

[@annabanna123]

SHAME ON YOU DOLLAR GENERAL. $.99 Only is my favorite dollar store and they have an announcement asking customers to be respectful to employees. I worked in retail for 13 years and customers can be horribly abusive. Not every customer is right. This definitely does not give me any respect for Dollar General. Best of luck to this under-appreciated woman. I am rooting for her!

[@earlofwickshire5416]

@Anna Wilder Do you know if I can get some cheap anal beads at the $ .99 store? I want to experiment but am on a budget. Somehow I think you might know

[@Lillyabdlmtf]

But 99 Cents Only is really only available on the West Coast.

Of course the customers can be abusive. It's the job you signed for. And it's the job with 0 educational requirements. Every idiot on the street can work in store... It's far from being the only job like this... NOBODY FORCES YOU to work there! You dont like the ambient then leave! You think every other job is perfect? The easiest way in life is to put yourself in imaginary minority and start crying about how world is unfair to you expecting to be treated like polar bear... I would put these kind of people in gulags so they see what WORK really means... What having blisters on blisters means....

[@BarocaS2]

@ don't be so elitist lol. Education and wage has nothing to do with it. A company has a duty to treat their employees fairly and with respect regardless of what they pay.

[@vi0l3nc35]

@@BarocaS2 mate, his country probably doesn't have a functioning sewage system lol.

[@natashamiller4860]

I have friends that have worked for them who have expressed similar views. They busted their butts, worked days that they said they couldn’t work upon hire, got treated poorly and then were treated like they were in the wrong when dealing with dangerous and/or criminal customers who were clearly the ones in the wrong.

[@LoveyK]

This describes nearly every Retailer in the US.

[@dominicbrogsdale3348]

Right Dollar general is always getting robbed and then if you get shot and killed then going to be like " this is unfortunate we try to take as much safety precautions as we can our deepest condolences go out to the family such and such was a kind beautiful so that loved everyone even the criminals that shot her to death!!" FOH they won't even come to your funeral and then they will appraise you with somebody else smh

[@MURDASTANG69]

yeah my dad was a manager with DG for over a decade and hated it. DG is bad, they barely enable their stores to function.

[@inflation1139]

NEWS FLASH IDIOTS : You cant be on your phone at work making videos , that alone will get you FIRED! Open your own business, then you can have your employees walking around doing tic toc videos all day. Lets see how long you keep those doors open. 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@natashamiller4860]

@@LoveyK in certain areas…the difference is that Dollar General seems to be like that across the board as compared to some retailers that have great reputations for how they treat their staff (Kohl’s, Target, Hobby Lobby to name a few).

[@thatgirlshae6913]

As a former sales associate at Dollar General, I can confirm everything she said is 💯💯💯 TRUE!!!!! That company is the greediest company in the United States! Building a dollar general like every 10 miles! They have way more companies than these other jobs, yet they only paid me minimum wage while the other stores with LESS companies paid their employees more!! When I started college, I only worked at dollar general 2 days a week bc I was on campus all week. I worked on Friday and Saturday. They expected me to work EVERY Friday and Saturday because I had the whole week “off.” Baby, being in college is not being “off.” And they basically threatened to replace me bc I wanted to take Saturday off to attend a family cookout with family I don’t see very much! Then they asked me can I work that Sunday KNOWING that I go back to my dorm on Sundays. They just couldn’t take the fact that I didn’t work Saturday, so they tried to make me work Sunday. I am 20 years old with no kids. I do not want to spend my pre-children years working every Saturday night for minimum wage. They also were opened on THANKSGIVING DAY. Not only was my company opened, but they OPENED an HOUR earlier and CLOSED an HOUR LATER than normal business hours. The company owners wanted us employees to work extra hours on the holiday while they were at home with their families!!! They also didn’t wanna let me off for my aunt’s wake, or let my coworker off to be with her dad who had just had a heart attack! After all this, they still wonder why everybody always quits!!! Me and my coworker quit too! And both of us have been happier since we quit that job!!!

[@dillymongoose1397]

I worked retail for soooo many years!! And shes speaking for alllll the workers!! Super happy your keeping your posts up!! Just because they fired you doesnt mean your words werent true!! And just because you were speaking up doesn’t mean that you weren’t coming to work or doing your job!! They should be grateful about that I had so many people just never show up and I would always say I don’t blame them.. I would’ve done the same thing if I didn’t have the responsibilities that I have🥹 quitting was the best thing I’ve done!! And I have a job that I love so much now!! So there is lots of hope💕💕💕 💕💕

[@Proverbspsalms]

Ok - now that she did it the wrong way, she’s probably set up a go fund me, crying victim- boo hoo- my kids can’t eat 🙄🙄

[@raterus]

The thing is, if they had kept her employed, listened to her, and actually tried to improve the working conditions in the stores, this wouldn't have blown up near as much, in fact I think more people would shop at Dollar General if they actually acted like they gave a flip!

[@carlycrays2831]

This has been going on for years, way before the pandemic and everything. This is part of their business strategy at this point.

[@Riana_K9]

@@carlycrays2831 please elaborate on the business strategy.

[@carlycrays2831]

@@Riana_K9 they hire very, very few people and expect them to work a ton

[@inflation1139]

NEWS FLASH IDIOTS : You cant be on your phone at work making videos , that alone will get you FIRED! Open your own business, then you can have your employees walking around doing tic toc videos all day. Lets see how long you keep those doors open. 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@majinally3527]

@@carlycrays2831 2 people per shift. and i’m expected to do EVERYTHING as a cashier. my store manager refuses to get self checkout even tho our DM is putting them in all his stores

[@kati-ana]

This is so true. My friends daughter was the manager in Tacoma and they did the same thing to her, she worked 6, often 7 days a week AND on call no less, she literally had no life except that of the DollarGeneral. She quit and now has a better job where she's respected and appreciated.

[@SerErryk]

It's people like her who put up with it that makes the cycle continue. She's part of the problem. But I'm glad she finally wised up.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

That was me. Except At dollar tree. I only made 12 am hr. Was not worth it at all.

[@LittleLisaMa]

It's amazing that their billion dollar company solution wasn't to invest a bit more money into making their stores and customer service the best it could be but, to FIRE the employee that busted her ass for them because she loved her job just because she brought a few problems to light. Unbelievable🙄

[@brandonlee0071]

This is literally why they're always hiring because you'd have to be beyond desperate to want to work for a place like this after seeing how it's ran smh

[@susieast450]

These people don't get paid enough for the amount of work that the dollar general puts on them. This is the problem with corporate businesses. They don't give 2 shts about their employees. They want to pay as little as possible and make them do the workload of 3 people.

[@sei7730]

As usual. They want to kill us with slave level work and barely pay us enough to live

[@vaterix4202]

Welcome to America!

[@henrytownshend8862]

Unfortunately overwork is a common problem for many retail

[@davecanada4091]

@@henrytownshend8862 absolutely. When you don’t have union or support they continue to pile on you til you quit and move on to the next.

[@bogiboglin2702]

This applys to more than just retail stores.

[@robinbaker1392]

It's unfortunate that Dollar General treats their employees so poorly. I worked for them in the late 90s, my manager was a horrible. She constantly threatened and scream at us with customers around. I ended up quitting, I wasn't aware of corporate being unreasonable about her work load but still not an excuse to scream at us.

[@Reeeeeee12345]

Same here. I worked at a Thai restaurant, and the owner would yell at everyone. They expected the impossible basically. Such as when 5 or so meals had to be cooked, but there was only one Wok to cook on. He didn't understand why there was waiting periods between plates. Each plate took about 2 minutes to prep, cook, and put on plate. He would go into a rage the fact that the last plate wasn't done 8 to 10 minutes after the first. Yet, we weren't allowed to cook more than one order at a time. This guy worked as an electrical engineer at the nuclear plant too, so he wasn't slow per se. We would always do our job right. Stay busy. And work fast, but we were constantly getting yelled at for not being able to do the impossible.

[@inflation1139]

NEWS FLASH IDIOTS : You cant be on your phone at work making videos , that alone will get you FIRED! Open your own business, then you can have your employees walking around doing tic toc videos all day. Lets see how long you keep those doors open. 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@keepgod1stloveyourself367]

Exactly

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

Imagine screaming at someone as if the company valued your job either LOL

[@jacobrrrt5477]

Sadly lots of places treat their employees like that nowadays that’s why no one wants to work anymore.

[@jbrob1750]

Not to mention the abuse retail workers have to endure. Working for the public can be awful…

[@mamacitabella1759]

Omg no one should call them lazy holy f**k! I've never seen more than two employees in a DG store at a time, and usually only 1! Anyone who calls these employees lazy has never worked in the service industry (retail, food service, etc) before. You go girl

[@julianhudson9341]

They fired her because they KNEW she was right. By doing that, they're incriminating themselves. Had she told them directly instead of online, they'd STILL have fired her for speaking up. They're ONLY sorry they went viral. Not for the working conditions.

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

No. They fired her because she breached her contract. They even gave an opportunity to take down the videos and she still refused. The Dollar General had every right to fire her.

[@joshuagodfrey644]

@@WiLDCHiLD. wow so freedom of speech gets you fired? I can see you live in a bubble.

[@julianhudson9341]

That makes sense. I don't know if she said it in the video, but I wonder if she addressed this with management first and they ignored her. If she went online after THAT, then they fired her out of spite because they KNOW they're wrong. If she went online before or instead of going to management, then I can understand their firing her to a degree. It still doesn't justify the working conditions. They both could've handled this differently.

[@chestertam2348]

Nothing incriminating about firing someone who was bad for biz

[@onethatdoesart5650]

@@chestertam2348 it is when the biz is abusive to staff

[@CandymanSEHTx713]

I'm not gonna lie though. Everytime I walk into a DG i see the cashier's faces saying "Hello. PLEASE don't do anything crazy today. I just had to deal with a Shop-Lifting Addict & a Coupon Karen, while still waiting on my typically late coworker."

[@nicoleraheem1195]

😂 Such a vivid description but not far from the truth

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Lol

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

YUP

[@edgargrothouse7191]

I work at a Dollar Tree and can completely can agree. So many customers come in and think that the job is easy, but it’s the behind the scenes that they don’t see. I feel for her it is a hard job for the pay we recieve…

[@dharmadefender3932]

Dollar Tree is exactly the same. There just isn't enough hours in the day to do all of the work that needs to be done. So Dollar Tree is always backlogged and that's part of the problem with the huge overstock of product.

[@elephant1992]

dollar tree is part time unless you're a key holder manager or some typed of boss

[@Keyser.5oze]

I was an SM for Dollar General as well, and I can fully say she's underselling it. That company uses their employees like work horses. During Covid 19, they had managers doing 60+ hours a week ( salaried for 45), 7 days in a row at times. Its definitely Eat, Sleep, DG ( choose 2). Glad u got out when u did🤙🏾 blessings to you and yours, for I know yall have been suffering working for that Godforsaken place. 💯

[@sfwisdom6673]

I worked at a dollar general for 2 years. Horrible pay and the workload is insane. Modern day slavery. The workers who wouldn’t do a thing would get promoted the ones who did were overlooked and underpaid. Sad.

[@jamesr2888]

Can you elaborate on the horrible pay?

[@tbonepumper5623]

@@jamesr2888 well most likely minimum wage if i had to guess

[@blkghostxx]

That why you need high paying skills

[@Blackhawk-ur4vx]

Please read the attached post with the Blackhawk label thanks

[@jamesr2888]

@@tbonepumper5623 Minimum wage varies between states. California is 14.00 with 25 employees or less. Wyoming is 7.25 a hour which is also the federal minimum wage.

[@CHill-ko9fj]

She’s telling the truth! I experienced the same thing. The managers realized I was a good employee so they gave me more work on top of the one million things that were already asked of me. I lasted for three or four months, but finally quit after I was being asked to work every single day.

[@gailmorra]

Well, you had the option to tell them you're not available to work that many days.

[@melondek]

@@gailmorra companies like this will still try to put you on for days that you say you cant work, better to leave than have to fight your schedule every week

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

@@gailmorra lol ya good luck with that. They'll schedule you anyway.

[@kettanistar]

Thank you for bringing this story to light! Now I know why my pick up order I made a day in advance was not ready. A very nice lady had to get it together when I showed up there. She was trying to run the register and help me at the same time. I did let corporate know I witnessed this ridiculousness. This story confirmed my suspicions. She saved a mildly frustrated customer when I was asked for feedback about my pick up experience. Dollar General needs to get it together!

[@espianmashias9565]

As a customer for Dollar General I once asked to use the restroom. It was the most disgusting thing I ever saw. Their back store was also extremely dirty and tight. I literally wanted to take photos of it. This was 6 years ago. I think I’ll will go back to that store and check it out again.🤔

[@zifieaorchid]

The fact that this is literally how any grocery store type place treats you if you work for them probably explains the "staffing crisis"

[@christianmclaughlin7460]

As a former employee I agree with everything she has said I worked every day even doubles an the company doesn't care not to mention the disrespectful customers we get when our store looks the way we do

[@AlexThunderwolve]

Same thing with Amazon

[@mikef2811]

As a former Retail Manager, its all true. The nerves on some of these customers......If a store is crappy 99% of the time, the company is cutting too much hours. I used to work 50-70 hours a week, so I know what it is like.

[@Trueitshim]

I'm not a former employee. But can't you kick the disrespectful customers?

[@jl1695]

If a customer wants you to improve its not disrespect, also the girl in the video or anybody in general shouldnt give there all to any company since there gonna fire you anyways eventually no matter what , working use to be great , you went to work you had a stable job but now over the years job security has declined and its easy to get fired very easily , soon as you talk back or say anything your fired , working simply isnt worth it anyways moneys simply worthless and your busting your ass to struggle and cant survive anymore like before not to mention the fact that every job wants experience

[@ange4048]

She may be right but now she has put it online and will find it harder to get another job. She hasn’t done herself any favors by choosing to die on that hill

[@Maybe.Its_You]

I heard the same claims from other employees. The company must be trying to save money by only having a few employees for each store but making those employees do more then they can handle. It’s sad. Get it together Dollar General. Learn how to treat your employees!!!

[@GEOMETRICINK]

We need to demand people get paid more at retail jobs like these. People deserve living wages IN ALL JOBS. Wages that can pay for your children’s college, pay rent, utilities, food, and afford a vacation or two. America is the wealthiest country on the planet. Let’s demand these companies do better.

[@ertfgghhhh]

If their pay goes up, products will increase exponentially. They need a trade or marketable skill.

[@paulthompkins4150]

I'm a DG employee and she is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

[@derrickstell420]

I just recently quit from dollar general. It was a horrible place to work and they expected so much with very little pay, while the manager enjoyed smoking a pack a day while everyone ran around like headless chicken trying to find a manager for the manager to use there keys... 24 hours after leaving dollar general I felt so much better so much happier and that's pretty sad

[@unclefatty2049]

Go back it's a good job

[@selenenajera4477]

I also worked at Dollar general and yes is true is awful place to work and also dangerous when you have to work night shift because some of the customers looked like they bearly got out of jail poor pay salary no payed vacation or sick day's and if you had to avoid a transaction or to change a price you always had to look for the manerger so he or she can give you the keys it was a nightmare in a really bad atmosphere I'm happier now with my new job .

[@jenniferking4682]

I heard exactly what she was saying about why stores look like they do. Christmas time was especially horrible with all the empty shelves but literally like 50 large bins full of products yet to be stocked! Short staffed, over worked and under paid was what I'd here from employees for all our local stores

[@hayzbabe9289]

She 100% spoke the truth. I worked at dg for a year and a half and just finally left in January. They want you to make that store your life. We work every holiday except Christmas day. I worked every single holiday for an entire year. Want to make plans for a holiday so you plan to ask for it off, you can't! They have made every holiday a "no request" day.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

YUP. EXACTLY the same at dollar tree.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

OR if you ask for it off, you get it. Then they unapprove it 2 days before you're supposed to leave, you know. After spending over 4 thousand dollars. That's what happened to me.

[@cherricandy]

Gotta love that no matter how many hours this lady put into this job, how efficient of a manager she was, or how long she tolerated being treated badly that they fired her the second she complained instead of trying to fix the issues.😊 capitalism moment

[@reynadana]

You NEVER dedicate your life to a job or company unless you own it!

[@Chance754]

I was looking for this comment!!! I agree with you to a T. I also believe people should always try to work their way up in life. Working up doesn’t always mean a promotion. It could mean finding a different job that pays more and learning new skills.

[@reynadana]

@@Chance754 exactly!! 💯

[@brandytorretta3701]

Good for her for speaking up! I’m so sick of these companies gaslighting employees and making them out to be the problem when in fact IT’S THE COMPANY that creates the work environment and sets the hours and expectations. Every company needs to start learning that society keeps you in business and employees run it all. Start valuing your employees and be fair. Treat them with respect, offer a healthy work-life balance, pay employees a livable wage and staff your stores appropriately!!! Enough is enough. And the rest of us need to stop supporting businesses by buying their stuff when they treat their employees this way. If we all did this things would change overnight for a lot of people. Do the right thing and let companies know you won’t support their business if this is how they run things.

[@TrueCrimeJade]

I would NEVER work for dollar general! I’ve seen what they have to go through when I shop there. All that work for a pitiful paycheck? No bueno!

[@AdakStillStands]

Too many companies run retail managers into the ground while not supporting them. I was one, working 7 days/wk, 12-15 hrs/day, 2-3 months at a time with NO RELIEF STAFF, NO BREAKS. Lack of staffing is a HUGE problem and was the direct cause of my retiring - permanently disabled by injury and laying undiscovered for 5 hours.

[@strudel_reviews]

I hope you sued

[@LunaMizuki8806]

I lasted 2 weeks at that place. The anxiety and the amount of work I had to do as a starting out employee was way too much.

[@jamesr2888]

After week, a manager meeting would be in place; point out what were the responsibilities you had & the amount of work you did where a significant revision of salary of 18.00 dollars an hour as a start.

[@lisak2580]

Worked there for 4 years. This woman speaks the truth 💯.

[@Justaskme781]

I worked retail most of my life and retired a little early because I just could not take another day. Some customers were horrible and the boss took up for them in front of me. We had one employee that was a snitch but not even snitching on true things she was snitching on lies and they booted her up and treated her like she was a queen. That was the last straw for me. When I told him I was retiring in two weeks they nearly fainted. But I was turning 62 in 2 weeks and I decided that was it. Having less money was worth it to me because the stress was gone

[@meatsuited]

The manager at our local Dollar General is one of the hardest working people in the entire community. She is ALWAYS there, constantly lending a hand at other DG locations, and is consistently understaffed. She's complained to me about pressure from corporate, and the unreasonable expectations they put on her. Saddened to see this is apparently the norm with this company!

[@easternncbigfoot1288]

Sounds just like my mom lol, her name isn't Tammie is it? She's a manager at DG in Middlesex , N.C.

[@whiteprivilege7961]

I'm sure that lady would be appreciated somewhere else . Hope she finds it .

[@veroniquevesta7516]

No is a powerful word. Putting your foot down is risky but sometimes it has to be done.

[@kaizonyan]

Shocking a corporate company that doesn't care about its employees 🙄

[@absatwell8163]

Haha!! That’s why I walked out of a corporate office job!!

[@sharonwhite4847]

Teehee!

[@BillyBob-im7og]

@SHH love to know the corp your working for. If the boss came into your location he wouldn’t know anyones name. Especially not yours.

[@earlofwickshire5416]

Shocking that someone with no real career blames corporations for everything 😒

[@Proverbspsalms]

Well because of her stupidity, she does not have to worry about that anymore, does she

[@iluvsmokeythecat23]

Her getting fired was honestly a blessing.

[@QueasySkate]

Wow no wonder theres like 5 registers but only one cashier, honestly respect to everyone working and anyone out there, especially those who have to put on a smile in a terrible work environment

[@kimmie1380]

This is true I worked there and it is ridiculous how they want you to do everything in the store and it just be you and a manager

[@PositiveVibesOnly37]

Yes girl! I walked off. Worst job I ever had

[@bgc3864]

Why does dollar general care about their image when almost, if not every, store is messy and unorganized

[@RodderickPrinceParker]

It’s literally part of their character

[@joshuagodfrey644]

Pretty much what our sorry no good Stuttering joe is.

[@kakefyll]

Walmart and lowes food is always clean and organized. Also target

[@angelesrodriguez8007]

Worked 4 years at DG. I quit last week, started off at 7.25 an hour. after those 4 years I finally got to 11 it’s ridiculous bc other employees that started years after me, were getting paid more. While they were only cashiers and I had to help with the register, stock the shelves and do paperwork. On top of that take care of customer complaints about there not being a specific item on the shelve. Angers me.

[@beebebelmuda]

I worked for Dollar Tree and it was the worst. Customers always complained, but what do you expect from a person making $7.25 an hour and not feeling valued and being constantly disrespected by others. And the work is hard too. a lot of thumbs down to companies like this.

[@ssdd3332]

Anyone who has worked in retail or has a family member who has, especially in grocery, knowns what she said is true. That she didn't express her complaints to the company is indicative of nothing about her other than her knowing nothing will happen or worse so she vented to a faceless camera instead.

[@castlemagick7386]

Lol the statement made my Dollar General: “We use those situations as additional opportunities to listen and learn from our employees”…. Employee gets fired and discarded like a piece of trash.🤦🏽‍♂️

[@zebeart8808]

Shame on Dollar General for denying this woman the right to speak the truth

[@leighhoppins9273]

I can’t imagine working 24.7 and barely making it home for my family and wanting to hang out with friends but can’t That’s horrible, yeah right she has every damm right to deserve better pay check

[@awesomesauce2000]

I feel like alot of people have complained without watching the video. She hasnt done anything wrong or illegal

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

she breached the contract she signed when she got hired. therefore, they had every right to fire her.

[@mdelvalle2456]

Yes she did. This is public defamation to the company.

[@1988mmd]

@@mdelvalle2456learn the definition of defamation 😂 everything I said is 100% true and is backed by thousands of employees across the United States as well as my lawyer 😂

[@losmartiesol976]

Shes not lying, family dollars, dollartree and dollar general give the absolute minimum hours and support for stores while maximizing profits and demanding unrealistic expectations! Coming from a employee of one of those stores for 2 years!

[@mariec3527]

Yes ! I worked at Dollar Tree for 6 months . And was only suppose to work part time they had practically full time and still never made over 200 dollars every 2 weeks . It was so ridiculous. I'm actually glad they fired me . Because then they tried getting me to come back to work because they were so short staffed 🤣 You bet I didn't go back

[@earlofwickshire5416]

Apparently having you spell correctly is an unrealistic expectation

[@dharmadefender3932]

Same. I worked there also for about three years. I liked working there, but it's definitely always a lot of work.

[@luismedrano6680]

@@earlofwickshire5416 shouldn't there be a comma after apparently lol?

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

And they over work the good ones. When they leave, you'll know.

[@lilyaguirre2185]

Dollar General is a horrible place to work for, I worked there tens years and what she’s saying is 100% true. Dg needs to do better and start giving their workers more help and respect.

[@Dansk55]

I worked retail and customer service during my high school and college years including pharmacy. Probably the worst types of jobs I can think of. Very high stress and low pay especially at busy cost centers.

[@jl1695]

Stop working hard for companies thats gonna fire you anyways , dont even try to waste your time on giving them your all because at the end of the day your replaceable

[@TrueCrimeJade]

This is so true.

[@aztopaz863]

My friend was a manager at a Dollar General in Columbia, South Carolina. It was awful what she had to deal with. Long days. Many hours. Theft and unruly customers everyday. Staff that were always late, stealing drinks and snacks, disrespectful people all day every day. Not worth the time or the pay. At all.

[@tierraglee-hall6987]

There’s no lie in what she said at all. I’m currently at Dg. For 6 years. I’ve been here longer she just had the balls to say it. Y’all can get a team together to bust the freight for the replacement manager but can’t find a team to come help us. Tryna leave now

[@n.p.r.2973]

That’s why no job is more important than your family.

[@DonovanHaumpy]

Good thing it's so easy to steal from that store. Walmart was the same way to my mom. They robbed us of our mom during out childhood. She's was a manager and they kept her 15 hours out of every day and never let her get a day off. Every year and every holiday they had her working even after requesting for days off. They don't care about you or your health so why should we care about saving your store

[@cloakofanonymity]

Newsflash: Most companies see employees as no more than a number. Easily replaceable. Never, ever kill yourself for any corporation. Don't agree? Well, do you live in a fancy house, drive an exotic car, can afford luxury trips? Does your CEO? Here's you sign.

[@larrymartin6544]

You know she's hit the nail on the head when they got defensive

[@Jordanthecool7]

People don’t understand how hard retail work is, I remember I used to work at old navy a few months ago, and it was very tiring

[@salroth420]

Sometimes there is Noone at the checkout stand for a while and I feel like I could easily walk out with whatever I want.

[@nvjhknbhjnjv6627]

You could they won’t catch you lol

[@Iruleyoufail]

DG is such a crappy place to work. I had an awesome Manager but they worked him to the bone running numerous stores, As far as I know he was going to college for IT and I wish him nothing but the best. Same goes for this lady.

[@thehorrorhoku]

I'm a customer and even I could tell you that what she is saying is 100% true. They're always short-staffed, always exhausted emotionally and physically, and always trying to be as patient and nice as they can be.

[@6996katmom]

I'm with you girl. I was a manager. I know what you mean. I was given 100 hrs a week--at Christmas, 10 employees got 8 hrs a week, asst mgr got 20. Paperwork had to be done while waiting on customers, planograms, freight, thieves, and so on. Then the DM said it was ridiculous that we had $100,000 loss of inventory every year--he always blamed it on employees. They fired all us mgrs, and asst mgrs in our area, which there were 12 stores in our district. After that, the DM quit and went to a mall to be their DM-then quit.

[@nicolekyle3964]

They fired her? Either she violated a social media policy or this is retaliation and she should consult a lawyer.

[@redhood3472]

Technically she can file a lawsuit no? Cuz she hasn't done anything wrong or has lied, she is expressing herself and saying how she feels working at the dollar general. So maybe she can consult a lawyer. A man said his job was making him feel depressed, he won a pretty good amount of money out of the lawsuit.

[@HomelessPank]

silence, kid

[@haljordan9160]

Florida is a right to work state, which means you can be fired at any time.

[@redhood3472]

@@haljordan9160 dam

[@mrs.elizabethdarcyladyofpe1288]

It’s definitely retaliation.

[@Nathan-fm1mu]

Never post anything about your job on social media. In many states employers can fire you for any reason other than the obvious discrimination reasons.

[@Nakiatakai]

Yeah but you don't go blasting it on tik tok. No one likes there job. If some did it wouldn't be called work. She could have just quit and work for lift and Uber like she is now.

[@ChillKenny]

laughs in Army

[@AFloridaSon]

Employers in Florida, can fire you for any reason. They don't even need a reason.

[@jl1695]

They can fire you for no reason but if a employee retaliates and shoots up the workplace and whoever fired them then that employer and whoever fired them deserves it , and that fired employee shouldnt go to prison or jail treat people with respect and there wont be violence its that simple

[@Nathan-fm1mu]

@@AFloridaSon Ya your employer can fire you simply because they were having a bad day.

[@ariellegabriel5244]

I worked for Dollar General a few years ago, what she is saying is 1000% true!

[@maxflanagan6641]

I find it interesting the amount of compassion here. Had this been "anyone else" I'm sure SHE would have been blamed for airing her grievances on Tictok and labeled a "whinner", "complainer"and "ungrateful"🙄. Funny, I don't see those comments here...I wonder why...very interesting😒 Anyway, I'm glad she spoke up and I wish her all the best. I hope she finds a job that values her. She deserves it!

[@whiskybooze]

I remember being instantly happy and stress free after I quit my low-paying food service jobs. It's nice working somewhere were they actually care about and treat you properly. I can actually call in sick now if I have to!

[@wyattgrimm8175]

As a retail worker this is accurate. When I’m on my break I wear headphones so I don’t have to answer questions and deal with disrespectful people.

[@annag1152]

So sad that companies treat their employees like that. I thought they don't do such thing in the USA. A company made me work 10 peoples or more work in another country AND I was so happy the DAY I left. Not going back no matter how high the pay.

[@disgruntledleafsheep2747]

I have shopped at dollar stores for years. Corporate does treat employees bad. I offered to fix a ac unit for our local dollar store and corporate told the employees they didn't have the funding or money to fix it. I offered to fix it free it was only a breaker issue, corporate told them if it was touched in any way they would all be fired. To this day it still has not been properly fixed, and we live in the south.

[@breannesmith8580]

No wonder every time I go into a dollar general the employees look so miserable

[@xxV28xx]

I am a fedex driver in Minnesota that picks up and and delivers there all the time. This is not an isolated incident. I feel for them over there.

[@2quann]

I use to work for dollartree and everything she's saying is true especially with the higher up's. They would literally work them 50+hours a week and if the truck shows up at a different time then scheduled they would have to come in and unload that truck sometimes by themselves. The company itself only cares about profits and the hell with the employees.

[@crystalrusmisel1832]

I work for a retail chain that has similar issues. We bust our backsides and customers continue to trash our stores and complain about it. Not to mention the high volume of theft that the higher ups accuse us of instead of customers. It’s crazy they don’t want to give us the hours we need to get things done. I also use to work for dollar general and this lady is 💯 right!

[@ft040806745]

What a Horrible company!!! Omg she was defending the store from negative comments from customers and that’s how they paid her? Boycott!

[@PuceGaming445]

Shut up!

[@Amberleigh4986]

I have been boycotting them for years I would rather drive 20 miles out of my way then go to this dumpster fire and it's not in police fault they're giving little help underpaid they need to hire stocking shelves employees separately because they can't do it all

[@leahgary1107]

That's the problem with Dollar General. They attack their own employees over saying that something is wrong. It's the best company to quit or get fired from probably for that reason. I wouldn't work for them ever! I knew someone who did who quit because one of the other employees was sexually harassing any males who worked there or made deliveries there. I told him that he quit that job for all the right reasons! 😎

[@shantaralynette2034]

I use to work for Dollar General and it is a terrible company to work for.

[@Jonathan01233]

"We did not agree with Ms. Gundel statement" it's because it's not a statement it's a fact. DG is always understaffed and a mess. For food being a $1.25 can't complain. From the time DG opened until now which is more than 5 years ago there has always been a sign that says hiring full or part time.

[@KRYPTOKINGGAMING]

One thing I learned from my manager is being a manager is not all it's cracked up to be. If I call off, he works a double shift if nobody can come in. Part of the reason I only do this when absolutely necessary.

[@6100GG]

Showing her face/location was mistake number one. Anyone, if you must speak up, do it anonymous.

[@inflation1139]

She was doin it AT WORK ON THE CLOCK. They did tell the real story.

[@6100GG]

Yes, and more of a chance she wouldn’t have been terminated if she did so.

[@kayprivate2720]

All of our Dollar Generals looked like that before the pandemic. Never stocked. Carts in the way on every isle. Never tagging items when they go % off. And since the pandemic its gotten so much worse. Plus a lot of the time, there is only one worker. One night I felt so awful for the cashier. I guess everyone decided to come. There were like 15 of us in line. Poor lady. She was so tired too.

[@e.m.5868]

There is no such thing as “working for Uber or Lyft.”