Stay away, very racist environment - Operations Supervisor Goodwill Employee Review

1.0
Jun 23, 2016
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Pros

Their mission is to keep people working through donations, they do that! they do give people an opportunity to work

Cons

Upper management has NO clue how to run this operations. NONE of their location are in compliance with local and state laws. they refuse to end the work assignments of anyone, because they are a non profit and don't pay unemployment taxes, so they take a big hit when someone files for unemployment..there operation in Newcastle is nothing more than a landfill. One of the most unsafe places I've ever worked. They have people running their GRC operations that is at the very minimum plays favorites and at worst is racist.they are only out to make themselves look good to the CEO.

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Pros

I enjoyed my customer service work - helping people as a part of a larger mission to help the community. I found it rewarding to advance to supervisor and pick up new skills and responsibilities such as safety auditing and supply management. And of course it was always interesting to sort all the interesting and unique donated goods.

Cons

A change in management over the past year+ has been very difficult for me. I found my work more heavily scrutinized and criticized in ways that felt unclear and unfair. The new manager had a clear bias towards certain employees, gossiped openly and loudly and often with explicit HIPAA violations, and made it literally impossible for me to keep track of inventory supplies as a part of my responsibilities. Communication between management and associates - and even between management and supervisors is very poor. Workplace culture has seemed to shift from being very flexible and people-oriented to more stringent on policy and focused on revenue. Trust in upper management is strained. Day to day if you stick to your task and focus on production, you'll probably do well. But for me it isn't what it used to be.

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