Assistant manager - HORRIBLE experience - Assistant Manager Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The mission - great to have a job that helps people Average pay, good benefits at first but then they started reducing benefits and charging more Loved my employees If you are upper management or office workers this place is a breeze, but if you work the retail or aftermarket areas beware

Cons

Salaried workers are highly overworked (60-70 hours per week) High turnover rate Upper management completely out of touch with mission (becoming too corporate at expense of mission and employees) Very low employee morale Company claims to have 'values' but work environment does not reflect them Really poor pay for lower level jobs vs work expectations Definite favoritism (rules only apply to some) Management not at all interested in making improvements for employees Discrimination and back stabbing

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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Inequity Low pay Lots of miscommunication

3.0
Apr 28, 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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