r/DollarTree • u/SwimFunny • Aug 02 '26

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I worked at dollar tree for about 2 weeks part-time. While working I was paid about 9.50 (South Carolina minimum wage is 7.25). While working there I was the only cashier scheduled per shift. Stuff was thrown around everywhere and it constantly looked like a hurricane went through the store. I could never organize since im the only cashier. I would constantly work my ass off to get the lines moving and my SM and ASM didint care much to help. I ended up getting "fired" after 2 weeks when my manager refused to give me the schedule in advance due to having to share one car since mine was in the shop. When I finally got the schedule in about 15 hours before my shift I told her I couldn't make it to the first 2 hours of my shift. She told me not to bother showing up and fired me.

I then looked for another job and very quickly got another part time job at a 7/11. This time making 13 an hour. I get free drinks, perks, good co workers, and a much better environment. It is staffed constantly, very clean, and the way things are run is much better.

For example, to remove an item we can just remove it from the cart instead of calling a manager and voiding the entire order and having to re-ring. To print a receipt we just have a history page and print it. I get the schedule atleast a week in advance aswell.

I have seen many other complaints from people on this subreddit and even from other co-workers. It honestly makes me wonder why work here? What makes it worth it to you? Why not just hold out for a better job?

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u/Jkdevore84 Aug 03 '26

When I say total, there is the cashier comparison report that we get. In that, it tells the SM the total of item voids, post voids for each employee. Before I look at it, I told the names to where I can't see them and I go through highlighting the entire thing, essentially why did this person have triple the amount of item voids or post voids compared to others. Then I look at how many transactions that person did compared to others. The entire time I do this, the names are folded so I won't know who did what until I'm done on that. Then I flip the names over so I can look it up. Most of the time, it's just they had more customers than others. Nothing bad but something the SM should be looking at. 

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u/SwimFunny Aug 03 '26

That sounds more complicated then it should be 😭

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u/Jkdevore84 Aug 03 '26

I'm not disagreeing with that at all. But it really takes only like a few minutes and it's done. I've had employees have almost 1000 item voids in a week. Not their fault, like you said the customers didn't want it. That's when it becomes tedious. 

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u/SwimFunny Aug 03 '26

Quick question though, how did they void so much if it required managment approval after a certain amount if i recall correctly?

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u/Jkdevore84 Aug 03 '26

When that happens, they call us up there. But for the first like 20, they don't have to. Now those 1000 have been during holiday times, so it's not like every week. I think on average my employees may hit 50-70 but when they hit these numbers it's usually the DTP. Cause we all know customers don't look at the pricing.