Very poorly run - Store Manager Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
Sep 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Your customers leave happy. Especially if they are a low income family shopping for their children. It's a good feeling. Time off benefit was good.

Cons

Everything else. I was a store manager of Goodwill of the finger lakes in upstate New York. They really romance you to get you in and sell the organization to you more than the other way around. Very little support from the home office. Your people do insane amounts of work under a lot pressure for minimum wage while the CEO makes over $300k a year at a so called non profit organization. The retail staff at the main office is strictly amateur hour. District manager will not listen to anything you say and always talks over you. There is never any communication between people at the office and nobody ever had any idea what anyone else is doing. They plead poverty all the time yet spend tons of money on ridiculous things like donation centers that get 20 donations a week. It's next to impossible to get anything at your store fixed if there is a maintenance issue.

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5.0
May 9, 2026
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Pros

I get paid consistently. I don't have to stress about restraining people or raising my voice. My clients are friendly.

Cons

The pay is that good. I have to travel to NYC every day.

2.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Great impact on the community

Cons

Terrible salary and hourly pay rates. They claim they care about the community, but don't do anything for their own people to make sure they're taken care of and paid fairly.

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