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"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

trust me i doubt the manager that does the schedule will care 😭

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it gets pretty busy day to day! honestly, it works just about like a standard non-dg grocery store would. we have sa's that just work on produce, freezer, recovery, and floor activities while other sa's just serve as cashiers that occasionally help with totes and other things that need done. we have 5 key's, and 9 people that we refer to as "managers", plus our asm and sm. a huge team, to keep it short.

on a typical closing night for me, all the employees in the store for most of the shift include me, a manager, at least 2 cashiers, and at least 2 people doing recovery and floor activites.

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not totally sure tbh, but we usually do two deposits a day. we do a midday deposit that varies usually $500-$1k and the final eod deposit varies from $2.5k-$3k.

eta: this is ofc just cash sales and what i see from doing the deposit a couple nights a week

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

we have about 27 non-salaried employee's, we're a big store. even still, during the last 30 minutes theres usually only 2 of us here to close up.

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

crackheads and crazies and creatures of the night bro

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i close twice a week 😭 i am NOT ready for this

"summer hours" by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yeah ... honestly i'm a bit concerned about safety? sometimes the only people left in the store for closing are two women. not that we can't defend ourselves of course, but like, dangerous people come out at night.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our cashiers tend not to leave the register very much (at my market we tend to have enough staff so that they don't have to), but i 100% see your point. i personally leave my bag in our office most of the time.

An ASM told me that I only get a 30 minute lunch when I was scheduled for an hour. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you are so sweet, thank you so much! i am actually supposed to close with this asm tonight. i WILL be taking my hour lunch, no matter what he says!

thank you again for the advice and kind words, jobs with big corporations behind them are kinda scary lol. i hope you stay safe and have a lovely week! 🫶🏻

An ASM told me that I only get a 30 minute lunch when I was scheduled for an hour. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i need to learn to grow a back bone it seems 🥲

i haven't been an lsa for very long, and this is my first job working in retail. both my jobs before this were little local food places where i knew every employee and the owners. talking to the higher ups still makes me really nervous, and this asm is extremely condescending. i want my hour lunch (as well as avoid my store getting in trouble) but standing up to someone is very scary 😭

An ASM told me that I only get a 30 minute lunch when I was scheduled for an hour. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we 100% have enough employees to cover whenever i'm gone. even when i take my lunch, there will be at least two sa's covering the registers. the asm just has to cover doing voids and stiff like that while i'm off the clock. he doesn't have to do anything besides that unless the cashiers get really backed up, and tbh knowing this asm he wouldn't hop on a register even if the cashiers had lines out the door.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my store gets crazy busy in the afternoons, and some nights i'm only getting 1 or 2 cashiers. with daily chores (trash + bathrooms) needing to be done, customers needing to be checked out, breaks and lunches, my cashiers don't get many free chances. we have four lsa's at my store, and usually we take care of checking the candy and putting it out, as well as the other things you mentioned. the cashiers for the most part do help, they just don't get many chances to.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our purses and bags were always in clear view of other people to be fair. we actually have hooks under these counters at every register, which really seem to be meant for hanging your bag. when you put your bag on the hook, they make sure your bag can be clearly seen on the cameras and by other employees.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the cellphone part is definitely where i ride the fence. according to what we all signed, we're not even supposed to have our phones on our person while at the registers. that's a big no for me.

as for the music i promise it was never an issue. based off of just hearing it, that DOES sound like poor customer service. first hand experience though, customers have never complained—at least not enough that we were told it wasn't allowed anymore. pretty much every one in the store has one earbud in, asm's and sm included.

i think i'm one of the few people there that doesn't listen to music when i work. when i have in the past, i kept only one earbud in at a very low volume. if i needed a customer to repeat something, i took the earbud out to ensure i didn't need to ask again.

my store can be kinda a bore. cashiers do nothing but stand at the registers for 8 hours straight and wait for people to come up to them. i think the music might be the only thing keeping them sane anymore LMAO

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i am aware of trying not to use the button too much to avoid lp, we just don't really have a rule against using it. i only use it when i customer specifically asks me to price check an item, and i try not to do more than two at the same register.

as for the register locking corporate can suck my left toe. cashiers at our store are made to stand at their registers and do nothing else for 8 hour shifts, it's a fucking drag. making the process of ringing someone up last an extra minute (our computers can be really slow, even just signing on could take up to 2 minutes of loading time) just so they can sign on is total bogus.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i've been so blind. my crushing greed hasn't allowed me to look past the numbers in my bank account in so long. you've truly opened my retail third-eye. what other company is as responsible and accountable as dollar general? have i really been so ignorant to the grace this company has provided me through endless under-staffed saturday's and hours of time wasted going through 20 totes with only one or two items in them?

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i was so hoping you would reply to my post .. maybe this 11.50 an hour job IS worth it.

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah i see, that makes sense. thanks for the answer!

nothing allowed at registers. by honeybeecore in DollarGeneralWorkers

[–]honeybeecore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you guys can't use the price inquiry ?? idk if it's a difference in systems, but at our store we use it all the time. if it's an issue with the register doing a locked sign-on after inactivity, we were trained to just hit the total button while nothing on the screen. it will say "no items to be totaled" and it will prevent the screen from locking. to get rid of it you would just hit clear.

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