We pretend that we're helping others but we're about the $$$$. PT job, no future - Assistant Store Manager Goodwill Employee Review

2.0
Sep 15, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting customers, co-workers from other countries, weird to gross donations, casual dress. Find great items, help others who need clothing items. I cried when I was laid off. I had an employee who barely spoke and I got her interacting and laughing at work. Made a few great friends and trained with a fab store manager. Former employees still come up and hug me!

Cons

Dirty, strange shifts, sketchy employees/managers, theft, constant staff changes, work place hazards, quality verses quantity. Lame trainee programs that really do not help employees. Placement of some mentally challenged employees can be difficult with public interaction. Argumentative customers, threats of violence from staff and customers. Many stores financially in the red.

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

Easy work, enjoyable, good company

Cons

A little boring, not long term job.

3.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
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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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