Underpaid and underappreciated - Donation Attendant Goodwill Employee Review

2.0
14 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours while I was in college. Formed some great relationships with several of my co-workers.

Cons

Poor pay. Constantly micromanaged and monitored by management on camera. Constant “nit-picky” complaints and criticism, with little positive feedback or appreciation. Understaffed and often working alone on busy days when lots of donations were coming in, resulting in the job becoming much more physically demanding than it needed to be.

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5.0
4 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Inequity Low pay Lots of miscommunication

3.0
28 Apr 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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