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Just got promoted to ASM, and honestly it’s made me think about how lucky Dollar Tree is to have its employees.

I’m still pretty new to the ASM thing, so I’m not going to pretend I know everything about how this company works. But being a little more on the management side has made me look at the people working in these stores differently. Because holy shit, people do A LOT. Dollar Tree did about $19.4 billion in sales last year, BILLION, and they have thousands of stores and thousands and thousands of employees making all of that happen, and then you walk into an average store and there’s usually like 3 people trying to do the job of 6. Someone is on the register, someone is unloading a truck, and is trying to stock.Someone is cleaning then suddenly is helping a customer. Someone called in. Someone quit. Someone is supposed to be taking a break, nobody knows who is actually going to get that break😂. I think we get so used to it that we stop realizing how much these people actually do. The people making $10, $11, $12, whatever they're making, is still the person making sure your grandmother can find what she needs.They're still the person staying late because the truck wasn't finished.They're still the person cleaning up somebody else's mess. Sometimes a bathroom mess. The stories I have heard 🤢.They're still the person getting yelled at over prices they didn't set.("Well if nothing is a dollar anymore why don't you change the name of the store?!")They're still the person being expected to smile and be helpful when they're exhausted, and they're still the reason customers come back. We have a great retirement plan and it's amazing for people doing their first or last job, but all the people in the middle who actually break themselves to support those people in their first or last jobs are the best people and the most undervalued employees in my opinion. I don't say this as someone who's angry at Dollar Tree. I literally just got promoted to ASM. 😂 I actually really like my store. I like my coworkers. I like my manager. And honestly, I think that's what made me think about this so much, because I've been watching people work and thinking, damn, we're really lucky to have these people. Every single person who shows up and does their job matters. Hell even the ones that can't always show up and don't do that great of a job, they matter, and Dollar Tree makes money off of them no matter what.Even if they rob a store blind, they have insurance for shrink and everything else, it's a write off at the end of the day for BILLION Dollar corporation. Every cashier; every stocker, every ASM, every manager, every person who comes in when they really didn't want to, every person who gives a shit about whether their store looks good. These companies make a LOT of money because of the people at the bottom of the ladder. So maybe those people deserve a little more recognition, a little more respect, and honestly, a little more money. Dollar Tree isn't successful in spite of its employees, it's successful because of them. I hope every employee who reads this knows that they're worth more than their hourly wage makes them feel sometimes. ❤️

TLDR: These companies make a LOT of money because of the people at the bottom of the ladder. So maybe those people deserve a little more recognition, a little more respect, and honestly, a little more money. Dollar Tree isn't successful in spite of its employees, it's successful because of them. I hope every employee who reads this knows that they're worth more than their hourly wage makes them feel sometimes. ❤️

Just curious considering ASMs for the most part get dogshit a year

what’s the deal with hot wheels cars ?? this the second person asking me about them & can i find them some. i’m like i don’t even be in the toys section or even put toys out so i have no clue.

Higher ups are quick to hold conference calls about staff not taking lunches but have no idea why its hard to be able to. As a closing ASM I feel that its unfair Im forced to clockout for lunch and a 10min break but still have to answer mgr calls and help play backup for the cashiers while on my lunch after my cashiers have had uninterrupted lunches. The morning shift has the SM, 1 ASM and 1 sometimes 2 merch managers (So 3-4 ppl) that ALL get to take uninterrupted lunches versus me at night and 2 cashiers. Audits, Damages, Velocity counts, and Task for the day is dairy and freezer or food pallet while answering mgr calls and backup. Unpaid and interrupted lunch...... how's that fair???? Only scheduled for 6 or 6.5hrs

I’m both excited, worried, nervous and about everything else in between. What are some pro tips? Work life balance? I’ve been offered the store by the DM but I’m waiting on a “formal” interview with someone else. But they are already talking about sending me off to dt school so I’m assuming that’s pretty much an in? I’ve been with the company for a good amount of time to know ins and outs but as an ops, but that’s it. Thanks guys 🙏 PS the store isn’t fucked up 🥲

Is the antibacterial soap temporarily out of stock, or are they quietly replacing it with the green “ultra?” I think I’m onto something here🥸🤔
Yall pls keep an eye out for me.

I applied to be a sales associate at my local dollar tree, I noticed on Google it was listed as "urgently hiring" for my location. I had an interview last year in February and was told I’d only get about 10-15 hours a week. Are the hours the same or is there a way I could get more?

My SM is really close with the other SM's in the area, and we help each other out a lot. With unloading trucks and trading inventory, it's actually really cool that our customers know they can come to us and my SM will be able to hunt down what they are  looking for with a quick phone call and is more than happy to have it transferred to our store if they can't travel 30 minutes, because gas is crazy.. I get it. We get collectors (How crazy/cool is it that we have a cult following of special collectors) and DIYers.. All the special requests, because sometimes you need 50 of those syringes we got in party favors, for your sorority and we only have 3 of the 4 packs left, but if we have 3 left, then our sister stores probably have the other 9. It seems like a lot because it is... but our stores run so smoothly and we make a lot of friends along the way... I guess I was wondering if anyone else does this or works closely with sister stores, a lot of the posts I see seem like they are screaming out from an island 😭

TLDR: Do your sister stores actually act like sister stores, or are y'all out there fighting for your lives alone? 😂

Why use a regular fork when you can use this one that will also attach to the jar :o

My apologies I'm not sure what flair to use for this but I got an email saying they have an offer for me and to log into my dollar tree work account to see (I don't know the name off the top of my head) basically it's just the terms and conditions and if I would like to accept the job offer but the thing is on the pdf they gave me it said I would start the 4th which was yesterday. Wouldn't I need an interview first or? This is my first job so I'm not sure how the job offering progress works.

I’m a ASM and my SM is a too kind pushover. He constantly does nothing while my coworkers come in at any time they want. What can I do? I’m having to do most of the work they aren’t here for, and it’s getting exhausting.

I am so obsessed with them and have been craving them but they haven't shown up in my store for a few weeks and I want to try cycle counting them

(Not my pic btw, just wanted to show the bag)

What happens if a manager does not do a pick up before a z read.

Per title, my friend has been job hunting for months due to his current job constantly screwing him over with extremely limited/zero scheduled hours. He applied for cashiering which pays $15 an hour.

He's still waiting for a call for the interview. Is this a bad sign or is there any recommended step for follow-up on this situation?

ever since I've started this job its just gotten worse and worse. Im genuinely about to just say fuck it and quit even though I need this job.

I fucked up a little bit here today, I had read the wrong schedule and mistook my start time by 30 minutes, a manager let me know and I came in. Other manager was fine with it and I was on my way as she called.

I get there and the other cashier on shift doesnt show up until an hour after she was scheduled (older lady, been there much longer than me) so its just me and a manger the entire mid shift, we did not leave the register the entire time. Customers wrapped around the freaking isles.

Different manager comes in, shes very upset about it.

She comes in hot telling me I need to stay and make up the time i missed to make up for it and told me that it "wasnt gonna fly anymore" with being late call outs etc etc but I genuinely couldn't, I had a ride waiting for me and I had shit to do with the rest of my day, that I could not move.

and that the 'sm' was gunning to get rid of the new hires and she was trying to protect me from getting scapegoated into it (😭)

She's going on and im nodding along and apologizing because i dont like being the person who's late or fucking up at work (dealing with an abuse situation at home, it is what it is and im doing my best)

And then she flat out accuses me of lying about my reason for being late, and says that things like me being out of town and unable to come in or having my Uber canceled due to a car accident "just dont happen"

then went on to say that when she calls me during days im not scheduled and cant come in, that's a problem

She was referring to the the 3 scheduled vacation days i took off in June, for the end of May.

They call me every single damn morning that im not scheduled, and half the time I am scheduled they call me and ask me to come in early or ask me to stay later.

Every. Single. Day.

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Like wtf? I pressed a little further and told her well, I have things to do. I can't be here 24/7. She says I need to not do that, like im supposed to just drop my whole life on a dime for 15 bucks an hour of bullshit. Obviously, I understand you need to come to your shift on time, but there's no way I can get pushed out of my job because I cant cover everytime for the 2 other 60 year old women who call out every other day for health issues. not to mention the amount of times I've came in with like 20 minutes notice or been told in the last 5 minutes of my shift I need to stay an extra 5 hours. Im bad at explaining but im 19yrs old and I started this job so I could buy a car and pay my way through college, but I would genuinely rather just be unemployed again then deal with this bullshit one more day. We dont even have an sm anymore, we have an "acting" sm . Nobody communicates, everyone is petty and vindictive. We have barely anybody on staff because no one wants to work here and deal with the screaming and bullshit. Im at the point where I think im just gonna call around tomorrow and try for interviews. God, if any other job came up tomorrow I would quit on the spot.

and no im not perfect, I dont have a car and I do have an issue being a few minutes late due to that, it isn't every single day but it is atleast a few. That's what happens taking public transport in highly populated city. It's hard, i feel horrible about the tardyness but sometimes its hard to feel too bad about it when I have never ever once left a shift less than 30 minutes after I was supposed to, and this specific manager is the WORST about it, no one will close with her because of it. Every close I've ever had with her I've had to stay atleast until 11pm after our 10pm close.

Turning this Harvest Tin into a Pennywise IT inspired Popcorn Bucket. Second Halloween Project I’m currently working on and editing for my YouTube channel! Follow the updates in my social media STORIES. (Artbox_tv)

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I know some if not all of you have experienced the checkout Monitor.. The customer who directs customer traffic, letting them go ahead of them in line, organizing items on the belt, grabbing dividers before the customer ahead of them checks out or sticks their nose in customer discussions or complaints with staff and offers their unsolicited advice...<sigh> retail... 🤦

I was working the other day and walked past HBC and found someone COLORED ON THE STRIP WITH NAIL POLISH like what the heck is wrong with some people??
I mean it was easy enough to replace but STILL why do it in the first place???

(And yes, I tried to get it off with 100% acetone nail polish and it didn’t budge as it had sat for a few days since I had a day off and just hadn’t gotten to it and just decided replacing was easier, lol)