Pros
The customers at the thrift shop can be great.
Cons
As a manager in training, I have had a brief bird's eye view into what it's all about. Two thigs bother me most. First, none of the clothes are washed, including underwear. That's gross! Mostly, they have a program that is supposed to help addicts, and people with other issues at these centers called A.R.C.s. The first thing that they do is have them get on foodstamps, then have them sign them over to them. As a manager, you are told never to be extend them more than "common courtesy", and in this organization that means they want them talked down to. They do not pay these people either. They aren't even supposed to be in the front of the store. They are kept in the back like a dirty little secret. Long and short, they have their lives in their hands, and they play God with it. I cannot wait to find another job. This one is too sad. It's a money making machine off of free labor and underpaid employees.