Dollar General Workers Walk Out Over Extreme Heat

Dollar General workers in Oklahoma quit en masse over horrific working conditions. Already living paycheck to paycheck, they were forced to work in a store that broiled in 90+ degree temperatures. Dollar General refused to fix the AC, so they refused to work.
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[@jerdog8335]

My niece worked for them and she told me absolute horror stories. I thought at the time she was exaggerating, obviously not. she quit.

[@rt3593]

Whatever she told you is probably true....big time age discrimination among other things. You can find anything else and you'll be happier . I lasted 3 weeks...I'm thinking about filing a state discrimination complaint against them.

[@nickhill8612]

@@browncatwithblurredbackgro2461 Yes you are absolutely right.

[@nickhill8612]

@@rt3593 That's true.

[@adventofnull]

"The giant corporations are making thousands of jobs!" The jobs:

[@garlicgalore]

I stopped into a Dollar General the other day and bought a candy bar to eat on the way home, but it was too melted to eat. I thought, that's odd, and then realized the cashier had had a box fan blowing on them and it had been swelteringly hot inside. I thought it was just a bad AC day at that one store, but now I'm thinking I just witnessed what these people are talking about - terrible working conditions. I will write to the company and complain, plus say I'm not interested in supporting them any longer.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

Dollar-General is just another giant rip-off of the employees, the customers and the stock holders.

[@maylalyons677]

I worked at a dollar general for a short time and it was awful. The store was in poor condition. It had a bug problem, water damage, hardly ever mopped or swept etc. The front at the registers were super hot because of the sun shining through the windows. Last but not least, my manager was terrible! She would snap at me for not grabbing a cart as soon as it was returned to the cart corral outside and bringing it back into the store. At the time I had an agenda I was told to follow every night and was always in the middle of taking care of a customer, counting cigarettes, doing more pressing tasks etc. And this woman would lose her mind and would embarrass me. I quit and never went back. In no way did I deserve to be treated in such a manner every night.

[@TLJAWSIMIB]

GOOD FOR YOU. ID RATHER BE UNEMPLOYED THAN WORK IN THOSE DEPRESSING STORES EVER AGAIN MYSELF.

[@maylalyons677]

@@TLJAWSIMIBThank you! Luckily I was able to get recertified in pharmacy and have been working in one ever since! I've been a tech for 12 plus years but tried a few different jobs along the way. Pharmacy is definitely my job. 😂

[@TLJAWSIMIB]

THAT'S GOOD

[@lavonnetollison1900]

Horrible! I've read how mistreated their employees are, and have sworn to never darken their doors again!

[@rt3593]

I am retired and thought this might be a fun part time job. Big mistake....the worst mistake I ever made. I'm ready to quit in a week. A corporate joke.

[@rt3593]

Yes....unionize.

[@rt3593]

You have no idea. Whatever you read is probably true.

[@brianbrannanHVACTech]

@@rt3593 unions are meant for trade jobs not a dollar general job. Either way a union isn’t gonna do anything.

[@brennakinney8547]

I worked for DG for the last 8 years. As a manager.....finally had enough and left about four weeks ago. They are awful!

[@u.s.a.198]

Good for you! I understand completely...they do not care!

[@benlehman9412]

Good for them to walk out and get such an immediate reaction. We have more power than we think!

[@ahmedjacuzzi5494]

I have a long list of companies that I no longer support. It is getting hard because apparently every business treats their employees like trash. I'm running out of places to shop.

[@pretzelogic5896]

Ikr it’s like a new story pops up every day

[@MysticKenji2]

it's almost like the whole system is the problem, isn't it?

[@ChristianBRouge-wd5hz]

Is there any chance you'd post that list? I don't want to support abusive companies eother.

[@markross1417]

Typical corporate greed!!

[@cbryce9243]

SOOO many companies across the US are like this. I wish everyone who is not making a living wage, would all walk out in unison. And all places that are making a living wage, should stand beside them. Abusers must go.

[@Midori_Seabreeze]

Got the exact same conditions in Japan. It’s awful. Black mold everywhere. Holes everywhere. All the windows and doors are open (no screens) so there are bugs everywhere. No A/C, no heat. There’s like two months out of the year that’s tolerable. Floors are always wet in the bathroom because the drainage system was poorly designed and they don’t use mops, just buckets of water.

[@Krissywaywardmusic]

I’m currently going through this. My manager doesn’t care about us. They are lying to us about who’s supposed to fix the Ac. I live in Memphis and our heat is extremely too much to work in a hot box. I’ve been written up for things that have nothing to do with anything but I know it’s because I don’t have the strength to work through the heat. It’s sad and I’m thinking about taking this to the local news

[@tracyfox466]

This is such BS and there is absolutely no excuse for this kind of treatment of their employees or their customers!🤬 That’s too bad Dollar General cause I have been a huge customer over the years. I will not patronize any company and I do mean any company that mistreats their employees like this and refuses to pay them a decent living wage!! Bye Bye Dollar General! You will not see another dollar from me!🖕🏼

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Dollar tree is very very very much the same.

[@nitwitt50]

The public is with you, keep fighting the good fight.

[@rini6]

I have never been to a Dollar General and I’m not starting now. That’s horrible.

[@frankdunne2401]

Amazon, star bucks and on and on.America the best country in the world Unions friends, united we stand

[@absolutelynoone1451]

The dollar general in Sheridan Indiana doesn't have any air conditioning. Just a couple fans located throughout the store

[@ianward3647]

to anyone who has worked at dollar general, what has been your experience like working for the company

[@Ethan_23287]

I am still currently employed with my location at DG, but the first day of working there I was tasked with cleaning all of the fridges and freezers of mold, which it was bad. The store was completely trashed had totes everywhere, the isles were absolutely disorganized and it was just terrible. About 3 months later we were being slammed with constant fresh trucks, full of milk, eggs, cheese, butter etc. And dry trucks filled with everything else. We fell behind because we were loosing workers left and right. (I should have followed them). We had to get help to fix the store, calling in as many people as we could to get the store fixed. The condition of the store didn't improve much in the following months. Our titled floor is cracked and caked with mud, eventhough every night I scrub the floors with the mop. The store is practically falling apart. I'm going to leave soon anyway because I cannot afford anywheres with the low wages. We are Below minimum wage.

[@kameronkruse7238]

You're treated like absolute trash and get paid nothing.

[@ZedaZ80]

The customers and coworkers were pretty great. The company treats people like, uh, "poop." I absolutely do not recommended working there, *especially* if it is out of desperation. They are predatory and will keep you desperate so that you can't look elsewhere. I got out due to pure luck when I went to another store (a small business) looking for an employee to replace the person getting ready to move. It wasn't like I was getting payed less (you'll be hard-pressed to be payed less when working for DG 😉), so I took it. Fewer hours, but very consistent schedule, and "upper management" [the owner 😋] who gives a crap. Plus, many of my customers from DG shopped there, too, so I didn't have to miss my peeps 🙂

[@AlexisPheonix]

The people at the dollar I work at are so entitled

[@user-ov7vk5dn6h]

I come in as a cashier, and have no bags to bag up items. And no change for a big bills. All I want is the basics!! Mgrs work doubles, and just wanna go home, not to the bank. So they don't!

[@maxtornogood]

They are so cheap they totally neglect their stores and the employees within. They shouldn't be shocked when workers start standing up for better pay & conditions!

[@casham99]

Former store Manager here. I went through the same situation. Temperature inside was 98 to 100. Coolers went out Food spoiled. Medicine went bad they forced to work only in the morning until they finally shut us down.

[@sticky1f686]

I was a delivery driver for DG almost 4 years. Walked away at the end of March. Covered the Midwest region. There are "maybe" 100 stores that are qualified as legit shopable locations. Meaning clear aisles to shop safely. OHSA would have a field day with this company. Hundreds of locations have been shut down by the local Fire Marshalls! Its inhumane how the company treats the store employees in every aspect. It isn't a cake walk for delivery drivers as myself was. I know that every employee needs their job in the rural areas where most stores are located. My recommendations to you is. Walk out for a few days. They need you more than you need them! That would crippling them financially. P.S. They plan on replacing a few of you away with the "self check out" sooner than later. I've delivered to this particular store a few times.

[@bovinityleak2066]

Geez. It sounds like their stores are shite holes. Youd think the customers would be very unhappy too!! Power to the workers!

[@tylermane77]

Just as the occasional shopper at DG, I can confirm I've seen most of these conditions firsthand. I've been in a few that were hotter inside than outside. Also been in a few that literally had ONE person on the floor. ONE.

[@patriciakeever7227]

I am a customer and I always have my kids with me. Well recently an employee told me there are no public restrooms. They said corporate told them not to let customers use restroom. If you have children or are elderly or even disabled you may need to use a restroom. I think it is because they don't want to pay to fix broken toilettes and leaking sinks. Sometimes it is just easier to say well lets go to walmart just in case the kids have to go to the bathroom. I found out Walmart is cheaper since I was sort of forced to go where there is a bathroom.

[@riceburner4747]

Good for u guys!! That took alot of guts!! Have u seeked a union? I wonder if alot of their violations are OSHA workers safety violations. How much profit IS PROFIT for these elites??? Strength is in numbers. Keep going in your actions and u WILL succeed! 🇺🇸

[@djzero5893]

Much of this can pretty much apply to all DG stores. Those 80+ degree days in the store are awful and at mine not so great for the produce we sell either.

[@Felix-ql5zb]

The way I saw employee's treated also, I had to stop and talk to one. She broke down in tears and I told her to quit, not look back that it was criminal what Dollar General CEO was doing to them - slave labor! No Air conditioning in 110F heat and rats all around building.

[@goodtohaveinajam8148]

I stopped going to the Goodwill stores a long time ago, I will boycott this corporate slave ship, too.

[@joem1070]

Real change starts at the bottom thru organizing. Lets defeat our rapacious oligarchy, join a UNION!

[@catdooley4616]

There is a dollar general in a little town called Whitesulpher Springs NY in the first year that it was open the ceiling was leaking in many places through out the store. They litterally built the building from ground up and almost immediatly it started happening. Unfourtunatly this is the only store that is on my way home, I either have to stop there or go 7 miles in the oppisite direction to go to a store. The people that work there would probably never do this. I was talking to one of the employees and she was complaining to me that another person that applied for a job there was lazy, because she was only interested in working certain hours because she already had another job. I said to the employee that she really needed to rethink what she said because it was the stupidist comment anyone has ever made to me.

[@ironmankc8142]

I'm a vendor who visits at least one Dollar General every day to deliver product. The stores are a joke, in shambles and managers are over-worked and under paid. You couldn't pay me enough to work in one of those stores.

[@Felix-ql5zb]

I challenge CBS 60 minutes or 20/20 to investigate Dollar General! They need public investigations into what I have seen! Show it prime time!

[@Ianpact]

Thank you, MPU.

[@rileyhogan5196]

It's not just the store. It's not even just Dollar General. It's the US. Listen to their complaints... and compare them to the overall complaints about our lives in this country. Yeah. Zoom out a little.

[@GreyCrowe]

If Americans cared about freedom as much as they say, they'd vote for a single payer healthcare system. American's wages are suppressed by healthcare costs to employers. America's are locked into pointless jobs because of a reliance on employer provided healthcare coverage. And even then, your healthcare and prescription costs are 5-20x higher than other developed nations and your private insurers provide dramatically incomprehensive coverage. Not to mention copays, coinsurance, deductibles, increasing premiums that negate raises..... Vote Americans. Vote.

[@neeneko]

Sad thing is, there was a time when american companies and the gop were in favor of a single payer system... but then it became a culture war issue for evangelicals and other conservative groups and here we are today.. where was considered 'good conservative economic policy' a few decades ago is now 'radical left communism'

[@justinm7166]

Most of this is spot on I manage a Dollar General now

[@robertaneilan8877]

That's litterally a sweat shop.

[@darkhalf9134]

Never had an issue at the DG I work at but when I worked overnights at Walmart in the winter they had no heat. It was freezing cold and on top of that I had to stock the frozen food in the freezers terrible. Not saying Dollar General as a whole is good because I know not all stores are the same and for example the one the next town over is filthy but personally I don't mind my store. My store stays clean because our store manager is big on having it that way. The family dollar behind us alot of people say they won't go there because that store is a mess for example.

[@FabulousnessCentral]

2022 I just left after being there for 1 month. Worst company I have ever worked for. Computers must've been like 15 years old and they refused to fix the AC.

[@angelainamarie9656]

Oh my God I'm never going into Dollar General again

[@Felix-ql5zb]

I have seen it with my own eyes. The CEO of Dollar General makes MILLIONS but treats his workers like peasants. I quit shopping at Dollar General due to no air conditioning and rats around the building unafraid to move as I got in my car and drove away! CEO should be fired!

[@shanewoody4232]

I worked at dollar general for 18 months and I have to say you guys are absolutely right. I remember getting my foot near frozen in negative 40 degree weather working there I will Never work at a dollar store again

[@PeteMachini6732]

I worked at the grocery store where the heat was only set between 55F and 60F during winter. At least it was also that cool during the summer, felt refreshing when it's like 80 or 90 outside and it's 55 or 60 in the store, but winter is kinda cool.

[@montanaminck8423]

As a customer, I believe them!!

[@jerryneace98]

I work for dg and have nothing but great experiences with them here in Cincinnati.

[@kelcal3784]

So true! I refuse to shop there.

[@apcnoose]

During onboarding /computer training process. They made us watch a video on how unions are bad and to report anyone trying to start one.

[@lisamorgan3912]

I can testify to that I have been going to Dollar General stores for years I am 61 years old and every time I’ve ever been in one it has been so hot you could not even shop and that I always or just always feel of jump and it’s like my husband said it’s like walking into a junk store like a rummage or something nothings ever put up on the shelves everything is just sitting out in the Dalles you can’t get through you can’t find anything it’s just not a good way to shop it was to go through that’s the shop and needless to say plus all the robberies where we live there they’re getting robbed like every other day so I just wanted everyone to know employees of Dollar General that went through all this that we are praying for you.

[@katiepaquette1069]

I work at one in Louisiana and our ACs are always out! As long as we making money for them, they don't care. It gets hot as hell in the summer and it's currently out right now😠

[@chloe-fk1ti]

Trust me, I feel all yalls pain. That is all.

[@drg424]

Why work there, just quit, like this poor women. I don't shop there, the wrong pricing , cluttered isles, exit doors blocked , .I'm done with this poor excuse imo of a retailer.

[@kjames5682]

Some of the dried food products in plastic packages tasted moldy one year in another city. Batches and batches. I would sample some periodically and over a year, every package had unseen mold. But when I got them at a competitor, they tasted fine.

[@robynheavner4689]

Dollar General is the worst company to work for! X employee 2000! It just gotten worst since then.

[@debra2513]

The way they treat thier coworkers shows thier heart... we are mistaken to think everyone has a heart, money is thier God screw everyone else but one day the piper comes

[@janiestla5945]

I went to Dollar General once and it was so filthy I never went back. Cheaper isn't always better.

[@randybardwell1115]

I worked for Dollar General for 2 1/2 years. And I can say what these former employees are saying is the DAMN TRUTH!!!! Dollar General is the WORST COMPANY TO EVER WORK FOR! They do not care about you, they only care for these signs $$$$$$$$!

[@briancriggs2199]

No shopping there anymore !!!!!!

[@decay21450]

Are the stores franchised or company owned? All the stores in my area are fairly new so maintenance isn't yet an issue but I've noticed that short-staffing is built into the operation so they simply burn out employees and replace them like Henry Ford did before the unions.

[@darkhalf9134]

It's all company owned.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Yup same as dollar tree

[@ronaldgundrum2174]

Dollar General all employees walked out and corporate headquarters didn't even check on it remains closed for a week know.

[@lucinday-alvarado2248]

In the same boat here in Texas

[@malayaanderson8222]

Both the dg in my area are hardly open most times 😂 not sure if it’s the pay, or the hours, but they’re always short staffed. I considered working at one when I was in school, but they never listed their pay and still don’t. I’m assuming it’s not worth it if they can’t keep people.

[@KW-tm6vu]

The store down the road from me was closed today for extreme heat. I have never been in there when it was uncomfortable. This may be true for other locations, but here the workers don't want to show up.

[@user-ov7vk5dn6h]

We had a porta potty for anew store for 18 months

[@TX_BoomSlang]

Dollar General needs better management and leadership. Their employees deserve much better than their work conditions, their health care plans, and their wages. If you compare a 38 billion dollar revenue with 170,000 employees nationwide, something doesn't add up. Shame on you Dollar General.

[@kh3612]

Sounds like workplaces prime for OSHA reviews.

[@annabellarenninger7142]

I would have walked. Won’t shop there again. Where was Osha

[@Robert-fx1lr]

Don't quit please don't forget about us ❤

[@jonlinin9682]

Nothing quite like unfettered capitalism eh ?

[@DA-pj3or]

Been to several in 4 states can't say i was impressed with any of them.

[@user-ov7vk5dn6h]

Its the DG Way...they cut already behind stores' hours ,and expect an increase in productivity

[@seangfrank0474]

No war but class war! Become ungovernable!

[@barkingbellow708]

Allow me to layout how companies like Dollar General Work. My dad is a General Manager of a Dollar Tree in Florida (not the same company but essentially the same). He has been the manager for 13 years. He is a salaried employee who makes roughly $61,000 before taxes. (He is one of the highest paid managers in Florida because he had 30+ of district manager experience at Krystal Foods before Dollar Tree. Years ago Dollar Tree would offer quarterly bonuses, which for GMs pending on performance would be between $1300 and $1800 dollars. That number has now fallen to roughly $900. Previously if a GM made a $1600 bonus, each of their three ASM's would receieve roughly $250. However, not only did they reduce bonuses for GMs, they eliminated them for Assistant Store Managers. Dollar Tree claims they compensated employees by raising wages but that is not true. It is nowhere close to what bonuses meant in yearly income. As an ASM at Dollar Tree you have all responsibilites the GM has, except for bank deposits, scheduling, hiring and payroll. As an example, my dad had an ASM who was an amazing worker. She was paid an hourly rate of $12.75. If your wondering, that's less than 25k a year. For months she asked my dad to advocate on her behalf to his bosses to get at least a dollar pay raise. They refused over and over until she eventually had to quit, she has a family to provide for. This is what happens, they flip employees over who have built up sick time and PTO, slowly squeezing every bit of energy out of them until they give up. New ASM's are now offered $13.50 an hour. Which equates to about $1440 dollars more a year than my dads old ASM. My dad firmly believes Dollar Tree denied the raise because she had 175 hours in PTO built up which is about $2230. It would cost less to hire a new employee at a higher pay rate an hour then keep the employee who when they finally get fustrauted enough, quit and forfeit their PTO. In my dad and his old ASM's case, Dollar Tree has won.

[@cbryce9243]

And this is why everyone needs to fight to have unions.

[@Faraway28150]

Dollar Tree gives sick time and PTO? DG does not.

[@felix121984]

Hope they got better jobs !

[@annabellarenninger7142]

I won’t shop there if this their policies. Done. Sorry for the employees

[@annabellarenninger7142]

Sorry. That is disgusting

[@tahoeclay]

Imagine getting a job somewhere else. Or starting a business.

[@X1Y0Z0]

😥❤️💯🙏🏽

[@graceelizabeth4070]

Dollar General is a disgusting store!

[@hunteramato9998]

STOP shopping at DG.

[@mccremix8742]

I work at dg and they have ac too iam about to quit found better work

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

At the beginning with the heat. Dollar tree for me.

[@angel.i8577]

never work at dollar general me and my brother worked there he was there for 4 years i was for 3 they fired him for blaming him for stealing 9000 dollars and he was a store manager he wasnt gonna risk everything to be put in jail he dont steal the sad thing is trusted a lady that i thought wasnt 2 faced wouldnt imagine in 3 years she would tell my district manger to fire me and my brother for not having proof of my brother stealing or me when i didnt do nothing wrong even my brother so im sharing my story

[@garysmith1863]

🌹 👊🏿

[@sandylynn8138]

Our dr closed remodeled and is wise now. And there only open we people want to work

[@deborahwright8031]

Greedy corporation .

[@ChristinaAnderson-k3t]

Well I am a dollar general employee deal with it its thesa.e thing with every retail company

[@bigcrazewolf]

The US ranks last regarding workers rights amongst other developed nations.

[@redbull8661]

I'm pretty sure bad working conditions doesn't cause shingles. DG still needs to treat their help better though.

[@TheSWolfe]

It might not cause it, but stress most definitely can trigger an outbreak and being sweaty and overheated all day just makes it worse.

[@redbull8661]

Good point!

[@geraldlack2668]

Dollar general kills, their semi driver have taken lives, under trained , no idea where their at, in june of 2022 jonesboro ark, to save 15 mins to next store, driver ran a stop sign, speed down a back residential area road an killed the 1st car of 3 he hit, killing the driver of the first vehicle. DG has never even said sorry to his wife, bet the court will.

[@kimhartwell2486]

100%%%%

[@glennmarshall7704]

We we

[@JoseOrtiz-nw1rk]

Dollartree is tue same s*** thats why iam never going nack there just to shop of coures lol.

[@joanmildner5143]

Nothing gonna happen

[@linzierogers5024]

The capitalist workplace is not democratic. A worker Co-op yes, but a regular workplace probably not. There are some exceptions but they are not of the magnitude worthy of discussion.

[@gregorychumley7262]

not a union but corp doing the right thing dont wanna pay some other grabass money for just a healthy job 🧐

[@heman5954]

I am in support of all workers rights but I just got to say. Shingles is caused by the chicken pox virus not working in such deplorable conditions. Maybe the stress helped trigger the outbreak, idk, I'm not a doctor.

[@leelindsay5618]

If anyone who has ever had chicken pox gets super stressed, they can have a shingles outbreak at any time of life. Working in deplorable conditions can cause high stress and exaserbate existing health conditions or cause the immune system to be suppressed and new health issues.

[@riceburner4747]

Stress AND stagnant/ hot/humid air COULD be the culprit. Stress alone causes so many illnesses.

[@abqneely]

@@leelindsay5618 You are correct.

[@off-gridhillbillystyle3735]

Unionise ??? Ofmg hell no

[@uniplmr1]

You are workng for the corporate Chinese I betcha

[@catcastaneda6104]

No, it's corporate America. They dont just exploit American workers, they exploit workers all over the world. They sent jobs to China, Mexico, Turkey, Taiwan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan and on and on. Just look at the labels and packaging. U.S corporations run sweat shops all over the world where labor laws are nonexistent. They aren't just killing Americans for profit, they'killing everyone else, too.

[@kaywest1543]

All the stores I have been in have heat and air in Tennessee where are you people from. Democrats trying to destroy another company

[@tiffanymahan2580]

Our store does have heat and air but it's controlled by corporate, who don't deal with the heat or cold in our area. We don't have the ability to change it and they have it set to a degree that doesn't help with the heat or when it's cold. It's set high for the air and low for the heat.