Goodwill Central Texas - A Good place - Executive Goodwill Employee Review

4.0
Aug 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Shared common alignment towards putting the mission first. They really care about the people they help and maximizing their impact. Most of the executive team is really good with great rapport. This is one of the few places that even with previous incarceration or other typical challenges, you can become a manager and really contribute as well as make some good money. They truly believe in second chances.

Cons

CEO is very new and does not exactly fit in with the rest of the executive team; has not yet earned the respect of the staff throughout the organization even at lower levels. Poor communication of all the good they do; most of the public is aware of only about 10% of the incredible mission work they do. CEO recently mandated certain days in the office, even though allowing people to work remotely was working really well. Sure a couple people probably abused it but why screw that up in a tight labor market like this when 98% of the staff are not abusing it. Heck - you probably save that 2% in less toilet paper and water usage to offset.

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Cons

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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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