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2.0
Jul 18, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

comfortable office, decent starting salary for entry level

Cons

Goodwill is using the job connection as a front to collect funding. There is no true emphasis on creating employable applicants or positions which will better a persons quality of life. My role was to get job seekers entered into the system and then make tons of calls each month to find out if they are working at any local job so that the goodwill could take credit for assisting the person and creating jobs. We were basically a one stop place to conduct a job search on your own and have a resume created which is a beneficial feature for people who have never had a resume. Vacation time is accrued but I never could find coverage to actually take a day off. I was so burnt out when I left.

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5.0
May 9, 2026
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Pros

I get paid consistently. I don't have to stress about restraining people or raising my voice. My clients are friendly.

Cons

The pay is that good. I have to travel to NYC every day.

2.0
Jun 9, 2026
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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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