Great Place to work! - Anonymous employee Goodwill Employee Review

4.0
13 Jul 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible schdule (Compressed workweek) Trust (able to work independently without someone looking over your shoulder) Most departments are pleasure to work with especially Marketing and Retail Friendly staff (developed many lifelong friendships) Generous Paid Time Off Meaningful work (its great to see someone less fortunate succeed and change their life) Corporate office and many stores are brand new (its nice to visit and work in a clean environment)

Cons

Not all positions earn what they could at a for-profit agency...but rarely do people work at Goodwill for the rate of pay.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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