Non-profit helps community, doesn't do much for employees - Store Manager Goodwill Employee Review

2.0
Nov 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits for this company are fantastic and if you are good at your job, you can work 40-45 hours a week without much problem.

Cons

There is zero training for hourly employees and management level employees Many of the locations are in poor repair and there is a stigma to working for this retail company Although the majority of revenue for the non-profit venture is generated through the retail side, almost no attention is given to streamlining operations to actual increase these funds.

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5.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Mission is impactful, exposure to more training and skills, team environment, great way to gain experience

Cons

Low pay compared to competitors within job market, outreach events after hours and on weekends, framework for growth not clearly established

2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work fulfilling both physically and socially, dealing with donors and fellow employees for this retiree and former legal and business professional.

Cons

Creepy, clannish, petty, and cultish management is more interested in humiliating others under the guise of "following rules" many of their own making than in ensuring that the work facility is properly equipped to handle daily workflow. Communication nonexistent. Managers pop in and out, apparently stationed at some secret location.  Robotic replies to legitimate work questions when they weren't out-and-out nasty.  I've occasionally dealt with this sort of folks, but never an entire collection of them cheering each other on as might appear in some deleted scene from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Poisonous and bizarre. Recommended only for the Abnormal Psychology student.

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