Stores are open for business with rodent infestations, rotting food, exposed electrical wires and broken toilets, according to an NBC News review of health inspection reports and interviews with more than a dozen current and former Dollar General workers.Įmployees say they have been stabbed, shot, held at gunpoint, punched and pistol-whipped on the job. 'Dollar General is a company that has a business model based on essentially breaking the law and cutting corners when it comes to basic worker safety.'