Probably top ten franchises to work in - Workforce Development Goodwill Employee Review

5.0
Nov 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Paid time off.... Lots of it!!! Everyone gets it. If you stay there long enough, you might get bonuses. Impossible to get fired, very person-oriented. It's not perfect, but it's better than almost every company I've ever been with. I take plenty of cigarette breaks and nobody ever complains if anyone is late or calls in.

Cons

Will still squeeze you to work as hard as you can. Rules upon rules upon rules... Not strictly enforced, but you can get jumped on for doing A, and told to do B, jumped on for B, and told to do C, and then jumped on for C, and told to do A.

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5.0
Mar 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Inequity Low pay Lots of miscommunication

3.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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