Absolutely the worst place I have ever worked - Assistant Store Manager Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
5 Apr 2026
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Pros

Every employee was full-time and received the benefits to go with it which was very nice as I had plenty of employees who were trying to turn their lives around. This was about the only good thing about working for Goodwill.

Cons

• Toxic management. Had a Store Manager who screamed at me and our Team Leads constantly. • Zero accountability for DMs. DMs were allowed to yell and cuss at their store management teams with no repercussions. • Constantly changing backroom structure and how we produced, confusing everyone. Best change was when they upped our daily production number to an unobtainable one and then threatened to fire us if we didn't reach that number. Great culture! • Second-chance employees are treated awfully. Had a member of upper management tell me that I was "naive" and needed to "consider someone's history" when I was trying to tell them that said employee wasn't even present during the accused theft. This employee was later strong-armed into resigning under threat of termination if they refused. They were not the only employee that this happened to. • Super low pay. As an ASM, I made $4 above minimum wage. My Leads made $2 over min wage. Not worth it for everything they ask you to do and how they treat you.

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5.0
2 Jan 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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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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