Low pay for such physical work, no praise or recognition, poor management. - Lead Clerk Goodwill Employee Review

2.0
19 Aug 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The job is very casual. You don't have to dress up, or use suggestive selling techniques, or stand in one spot all day long.

Cons

The pay is so low! There are people that have been there for 5+ years, starting out at minimum wage and earning yearly raises which never exceed a quarter- who are now making just as much as new hires because of new minimum wage increases. The job is also very physical for the types of people they seem to hire, older women or disabled people, and once again, the pay is very low. Management is poor. And THE WASTE is just HORRIBLE! If people knew how much stuff is thrown away, they would probably give their items directly to the people who need them! Perfectly good household items, furniture, and clothing is thrown into trash compactors just to save time, instead of dealing with it in a responsible way, which again I believe is POOR MANAGEMENT. For such a "giving" corporation, they sure do deny needy families a lot of help by trashing so many donations for a lack of better outlets.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
28 Apr 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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