Good for growth, bad for work-life balance - ASM- Assistant Store Manager Goodwill Employee Review

4.0
Sep 6, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

There's a lot of opportunity to grow within the company with little higher education requirements. There's a very flexible work schedule at the entry level end. You're able to have self expression i.e.- hair color, piercings, tattoos, without having to worry about any backlash from corporate or managers. Day to day work is not complicated and it will generally be same type of work each day so its easy to fall into a groove. With good management your team/cast will be great. Amazing health, dental, and vision care if you are full-time- although expensive.

Cons

As a manager there's very little support and upper management is spread thin. You have to be prepared to work and constantly move around but there will always be loose ends to tie up. If you're in management there will be times where you will have to do overtime because work needs to be done sooner rather than later.

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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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