Dollar General to add 50,000 workers in response to COVID-19

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Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Dollar General to add 50,000 workers in response to COVID-19

March 23rd, 2020 | by Dave Flessner

As the heightened demand for household essentials continues across the country in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, a Tennessee-based retailer said today it plans to nearly double its normal hiring rate and add up to 50,000 employees by the end of April.

Dollar General, which has more than 20 stores in the metropolitan Chattanooga area and 16,300 stores nationwide, said most of the new jobs will be temporary to help handle the surge in demand for many of the household products and food items Americans are consuming more of at home as schools, restaurants, stores and many businesses shut down their operations to limit the spread of the virus.

We believe our customers are relying on us now more than ever to provide an affordable, convenient retail option," Kathy Reardon, Dollar General's senior vice president and chief people officer, said in statement today. "The Dollar General family continues to do its part in helping our customers and neighbors during these unprecedented times."

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[iluvtennis]

1. Good news! nt

[Hugin]

2. Good for the ol' DG.

Their response to this crisis has been very proactive, reasonable, and largely overlooked.

Back in early March, I went into two of the stores and they had set up tables with items people in isolation would REALLY need on them. It showed someone somewhere was thinking. Wipes, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc. I thought at the time it was a wonderful thing to do.

Granted they are a for-profit enterprise. However, it demonstrated that corporate interests and the public can work together in a crisis to to the benefit of both parties.

I guess this is due to the stores being locally managed and staffed. Those people are thinking about their families and they tend to personally know their customers.

I hope it works out.

[DarthDem]

3. Excellent news!

Whenever some character accuses Democrats of being anti-business, I respond that I'm pro-business, provided that - and this is a big caveat these days - the business does not take advantage of its corporate status for all manner of shadiness, engage in sharp practices, gouge consumers, mistreat employees, and the like. And here's a nice example of a company doing the right thing. Wow!! It can be done!

[Indykatie]

4. Dollar General Should be On the List of Stocks That May Do Well in a Recession n/t

[japple]

5. Dollar General also helps with literacy for people of all ages.

https://www.dgliteracy.org/

[bucolic_frolic]

6. All those restaurant meals are now flowing through retailers

The system is experiencing an abrupt shock.