Not a good place to work - Associate Goodwill Employee Review

2.0
May 4, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The people who worked there were very nice. Pay was acceptable.

Cons

I worked at the Willowbrook, IL, Goodwill store from when it opened last fall until recently.It was not a good job. The managers seemed inexperienced. They criticized and embarassed people in fron of other workers. This is especially true of the general manager.There was little communication between the managers and sometimes it felt that we had 5 different managers with 5 different ideas on what we should do and how we should do it. There was no clear understanding of how we should do our job. There was a lot of pressure to make production goals that stressed people and caused low morale. I wish this review could be better but it is what it is. Goodwill does good stuff for the community. I was disappointed that they don't treat their workers better.

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5.0
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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Inequity Low pay Lots of miscommunication

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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