slave/back breaking labor for peanuts. - Anonymous employee Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
20 July 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is nothing decent nor kind to say about Goodwill industries of Denver.

Cons

I'll list them because like legion there are many: 1.Donation attendants do everything from hauling furniture to training the newcomers and get no respect nor recognition for their efforts 2.extremely low pay for the work demanded. 3.management has no idea what peak hours/day means and will only schedule up to four people to handle weekend after sale days. 4.trucking seems to be unmanaged and does whatever it wants and only seems to come on time if a district manager gets on the phone. 5.don't expect any advancement whatsoever if you are not a manager. 6."raises" do not exist.

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5.0
9 May 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
9 June 2026
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Pros

Work fulfilling both physically and socially, dealing with donors and fellow employees for this retiree and former legal and business professional.

Cons

Creepy, clannish, petty, and cultish management is more interested in humiliating others under the guise of "following rules" many of their own making than in ensuring that the work facility is properly equipped to handle daily workflow. Communication nonexistent. Managers pop in and out, apparently stationed at some secret location.  Robotic replies to legitimate work questions when they weren't out-and-out nasty.  I've occasionally dealt with this sort of folks, but never an entire collection of them cheering each other on as might appear in some deleted scene from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Poisonous and bizarre. Recommended only for the Abnormal Psychology student.

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