Great company--not so great as a long-term career option - Retail/Sales Associate Goodwill Employee Review

3.0
Sep 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The company has good morals and values their employees. Coworkers are friendly and seem happy to be there. Management is approachable and understanding. Both the employees and customers are extremely diverse; you get to see people from all walks of life here. Their mission--to put people to work--is clearly very successful.

Cons

The pay is very low and there are hardly any benefits, especially if you're a part-time employee. It's often understaffed. You're expected to do a lot for not a lot of compensation. In addition, you AND your family and friends are not allowed to shop at the store you work at. There's also not much opportunity for advancement.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The entire corporate office is beyond ignorant. Completely out of touch with reality, price gouging customers trying to raise profit margins for the non profit. Everyday at any second one call from corporate and there is a change to how everything has to be done, usually causing more issues only to blame people who had nothing to do with their ideas. They don't let the store manager be a store manager.. in fact, I'll sum up everything you need to know in one sentence.. they went as far as to install systems to remotely control the thermostat from their comfy corporate office. Imagine not just the employees but the customers constantly complaining. That is how out of touch with reality they all are.

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