Goodwill reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(9,232 total reviews)

Catherine Meloy

49% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Goodwill has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 9,232 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Goodwill employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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9K reviews
3.0
Jan 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the best reasons to work at a Goodwill is because it is a community business.

Cons

The downside is that as regular customer the store never changes.

3.0
Jan 6, 2015

Started Out So Happy.....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some staff can receive promotions. So many jobs available!

Cons

Turnover is huge. The CEO of our organization is aloof (not Jim Gibbons, our local organization). Pays more attention to the retail end of things unless it's time for the cameras to roll. He doesn't really pay attention to staff ideas, unless it's upper management. The benefits are poor. Several of the staff in social services are so worn out when they leave it's really sad. They pour their heart and soul into their work and they are not appreciated for the work they do.

1.0
Jan 6, 2015

Poor Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the education and career services they provide to the disadvantaged and economically disadvantaged are good programs. The employees at the entry and store management want to do the right thing. They provide great bargains to their customers.

Cons

I was in the store and saw little support from the top. We saw the district manager on a regular basis but she was always so stressed out and busy with items from her bosses there was little she would do for us. Our store manager didn't have the authority to do anything. She was always stressed out too! The CEO hadn't been in our store for years and it's never been renovated. It looks terrible! the pay is terrible and all the training is "figure it out yourself", there isn't any training! The turn over is always occurring in the stores since the pay is so bad and the work life balance. Plus the theft of items donated is terrible! We regularly saw employees from the donation side carrying out bags of items.

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