never again - Cashier/Processor Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
31 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

employee discount, free life insurance policy, and due to incredibly high turnover, availability of overtime for "cross-trained" employees.

Cons

catty coworkers, micromanagement, no pay increases ever, the corporate spokesperson begun our orientation by saying "you are very lucky to work for us", they hire disabled people to perform simple jobs at the same pay everybody else receives, and expects you to pick up their slack, and most of all, they claim to be such a charitable company but they sell FILTHY, raunchy, torn and tattered textiles overseas for a very high profit. i cannot believe that a company surviving solely off of donated goods and tax cuts for helping the disabled and poor cannot afford to pay anymore than minimum wage to their most dedicated employees.

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5.0
4 Mar 2026
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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Inequity Low pay Lots of miscommunication

3.0
28 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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