I would give Goodwill a "B" - Retail Supervisor Goodwill Employee Review

4.0
26 Jan 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The work environment is very enjoyable. You get to talk to the average person on a daily basis. If you are open enough, people who shop at goodwill will tell you almost anything. (advice, wisdom, and knowlege) They pay pretty well for being a "garage sale" store. Management tends to put employee horse playing in the blind spot and tend to make working at goodwill very enjoyably.

Cons

They do pay very well, but it took my manager about 4 months to give me a promotion. Managment is terrible, bunch of trashy people who have no idea how to run a company.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
28 Apr 2026
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Pros

I enjoyed my customer service work - helping people as a part of a larger mission to help the community. I found it rewarding to advance to supervisor and pick up new skills and responsibilities such as safety auditing and supply management. And of course it was always interesting to sort all the interesting and unique donated goods.

Cons

A change in management over the past year+ has been very difficult for me. I found my work more heavily scrutinized and criticized in ways that felt unclear and unfair. The new manager had a clear bias towards certain employees, gossiped openly and loudly and often with explicit HIPAA violations, and made it literally impossible for me to keep track of inventory supplies as a part of my responsibilities. Communication between management and associates - and even between management and supervisors is very poor. Workplace culture has seemed to shift from being very flexible and people-oriented to more stringent on policy and focused on revenue. Trust in upper management is strained. Day to day if you stick to your task and focus on production, you'll probably do well. But for me it isn't what it used to be.

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