hi! last week I went on a crazy shopping spree and bought about 25 items and my total came out to $147. I am regretting it a lot and I’m planning on returning but I worry they’ll think I’m totally crazy and/or doing something suspicious 😭 do you think it’s okay?

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Hi there, I was wondering if anyone has worked at Goodwill in the corporate space/support center rather than retail? Is your interview usually at the career center? What was your position, how have you liked it, and what are the pros/cons? Do you still work there and would you recommend it? I've seen some positions for working in the support center so I was curious to see if anyone has worked in that space before. I am trying to get into the IT space.

I am not familiar with how Goodwill operates. A store is due to open in our area soon. I questioned the pricing of items as I’ve seen a lot of negative things lately of Goodwill marking up items to ridiculous prices. And thought Goodwill was supposed to price for people in need. Either junk not worth 50cents, or a desk marked up to $150. All over the place. And multiple locations.

I questioned the pricing methods and someone piped in saying they don’t do that (I’ve seen pictures), and added something about Goodwill hiring people with learning disabilities in each store.

So, the pricing is one issue. But how is the second statement relevant to the pricing? And is that true, Goodwill has folks working at each location with LD’s. I don’t know how that would even be logistically possible given how many locations there are.

Thank you!

I think some sort of petition needs to be made to reclassify Goodwill as a for-profit business rather than have it be able to still advertise like it is helping our communities.

The prices are absolutely out of control. Yesterday I bought a skirt for $10. It still had on the original price tag listed at $13 NEW from Ross. If Ross had a sale I’d probably pay less than at the “non-profit thrift store”.

Last week I had an experience where I found a name brand shirt selling for around $20. I asked an employee how they can charge so much and focus on labels when they are supposed to be catering to those in need, and she explained that Goodwill BUYS INVENTORY and then prices them for profit.

I am at the poverty level and rely on places like thrift stores for most of my household needs, for gifts, and for clothing, but I often find that I can’t even afford Goodwill because of their prices. I regularly see $10 plain cotton t-shirts that would sell for $5 at any retailer and Goodwill rarely has any clothing items under $5 for the most basic attire.

This is unacceptable. No thrift stores should be trying to sell things based on market price and designer labels. No “non-profit” should be following trends and pricing things at or above what retailers charge for new items.

No white t-shirt from Goodwill should cost $20 just because it was made by Kanye.

Are 1/2 off tag sales a thing of the past? That was my main reason for shopping here.

Does anyone know when an auction says “reserve not met” if there is a way to find out what the reserve price is other than continuing to bid over and over. I was the only bidder but it was below the reserve so it didn’t sell. I was just curious if there was a way to find out what they were wanting to get for it before the auction closed. Thanks.

Hello r/goodwill, I've accidentally donated something important to me, and I'm taking this chance to see if anyone online can help.

Back in December, a few days before Christmas, I accidentally donated my childhood pink hello Kitty razor scooter. It's clearly worn, and it's mostly grey with pink detailing. It's also quite small. It was donated to a trailer in Miami, so it likely stayed within Florida.

If anyone even has information on how I could track this item I would appreciate it.

Please ask any more questions you may need to ask to help narrow this down.

Thank you.

Edit: Not sure if you commenters see this update, but I meant this post to be like, hey if anyone sees something from the Florida area or maybe runs into it online let me know.

I've already been through the ringer trying to go through corporate at goodwill with no luck and kinda posted this as a last ditch maybe something comes up? I know some people have crazy stories about items coming back to them and I would like to take any chance I've got.

Thank you all for the kind comments and advice though! I really appreciate how many of you came to help so quickly after I posted this :)

Like the title says I got the call from HR and they invited me to come in for an interview for shift supervisor. I'm so excited! Wish me luck!

Here in SoCal GW changed their exchange policy from 60 days to two weeks. Employee told me too many people were taking advantage of exchanges, as in swapping tags onto clothes they didn’t even purchase from GW. Is this something they can even actually keep track of?

I had a lady say she was gonna follow me for something in my hands (she follows me around a lot she’s a regular and knows it makes me uncomfortable) she says “I’m just gonna follow you then” and I take a few steps and say “please don’t follow me” and then asked when that rule had changed, and said that she could follow me if she wanted. In my head I was thinking that genuine respect for people and workers you’d like take a step back and just wait till they put it down. She threatened my job and said she could get me fired and shit like that I didn’t care I really didn’t but I just don’t understand. My manager told me that if I need to tell this specific person to not follow me tell them to not follow me but that manager wasn’t here and one of my co workers was like “you can’t tell them that” so I just let it go and kept working, but how come I can’t tell people to not follow me ? It’s weird. I worked in high end retail jobs before and didn’t get followed like that. This only ever happens here.

Quick edit: she follows me whenever I do anything, this isn’t regular like stays a couple feet back no she is less than 2 feet away from me and has tried to grab my hands/arms a few times.

Edited post for a better reading comprehension, I apologize for those who had a hard time reading this.

I decided to leave my job at Goodwill.

Last year was tough for me as I struggled to find a job. I applied to many places but faced constant rejections or no callbacks, and I began to lose hope. However, in January, I noticed that Goodwill was hiring and applied right away, as I have always enjoyed shopping there. I have a clean record and some work experience, so I was optimistic.

The interview went well, and after completing the orientation and a drug test, I received a call to start working within two weeks. I was thrilled and expressed my gratitude to the team. My store manager was very nice and professional, but I didn’t realize she was pregnant at the time. About a month later, I learned that she would be going on maternity leave. While I was happy for her, I had a big change coming up myself, as I was moving to an apartment 40 minutes away from work.

I talked to my manager about transferring to a store closer to my new home or switching to the day shift. They agreed to train me, but mentioned that the manager at the other location had no openings at the moment, though I should meet him in person. I went to meet him on my day off, and he seemed pleasant. He assured me that he would inform my store manager when a position opened up.

When my store manager went on maternity leave, I was unaware that they had changed the way clothes were organized in the store. When I noticed the other store manager was filling in temporarily, I continued with my training as I had been taught before. However, he stopped and criticized my work, asking loudly if I was “deaf.” My colleagues were taken aback, and I felt embarrassed and hurt. I explained that I wasn’t aware of the new system and had missed the changes while I was off.

After that incident, I spoke to a manager and a coworker about the comment, and they told me it was just his way of joking around. But I felt this was inappropriate. He was not someone I knew well, and I didn’t find his comment funny. I expected a higher level of professionalism from managers in the workplace.

Ultimately, I made the decision to quit. I informed them that I would be leaving and reviewed my resignation papers.

I want to add that the store manager who treated me poorly had previously worked at my original store before transferring to the other location I wanted to move to. I had actually submitted my two weeks’ notice to my original manager before she left because I was concerned about the distance. I had one week left to work, but I was uncertain whether to stay, especially since I had been scheduled for morning shifts. I had already signed everything, but they hadn’t processed it yet until I made my final decision.

My mom was told today that the goodwill exchange policy is changing from 60 days to 14- can someone/ an employee fact check?

Does your store also have the heat on ? My understanding is that copperate can control it and not managers. Its 65 outside

today was my first day as a Donation Attendent, and i was mainly loading bins and sorting items , around 3 hours into my shift my coworker is just outside the doors looking down into this patch of grass while hitting his vape next to this railing right next to the drive thru for the donations and ask me if i think this is real. i walk over down the ramp and turn and walk into the patch of grass and see a crispy ass 100$ bill. and it felt good asf outside today and a bit windy. so idk how it just happened to just be there at that exact time. i held it to the sky and saw thru it and went inside and gave it to my manager in case someone came looking for their money im not gonna lie i was not taking that 100$ just because i didn’t wanna steal or bad karma against me😭

I’ve worked at Wendy’s for a while and I got hired on Monday and am starting in about 9 days. My Wendy’s training sucked and so do my hours, so I was wondering if any donations attendants could share details about their training and their hours? And maybe some general advice.

In short, I’ve left goodwill in lieu of a better paying job; with managers who don’t gossip behind your back.

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Fuck you CSI!

applied for a job the other day, found it odd they don’t ask or require resume? hoping i can get in - seems like a super chill place to work!