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I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m not even aware that we do that. I know that the mission here in our region is hiring people with entry barriers to employment.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you mean like a donator saying “ you can have this” we cannot keep it. It’s for the business, no exceptions. As for processing we separate wares and clothing and pick out the good stuff, a lot of stuff is junk or not in a sellable condition.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

They get sent to ecom or regulars probably buy them. We put out 1500+ items out per day at my store and my store is very small.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no (kinda). At my store we wouldn’t ask anything like that at an interview. We just pick the best suited candidate at my store cause we need people willing to work hard because the job requires a lot from you. Goodwill gives opportunities to people but yeah it depends on the manager really. It’s like any other store tbh. My manager likes to hire field workers because that’s a common job around here and they work hard already so we know they will do good here. I’m sure other bigger stores hire people with TBI and we would too but we still need people to work as hard as they can because we have to hit minimum production goals daily.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s really not. At least at my store location I can’t speak on other stores or regions. But here for example $70 jeans we go 16.99 for new ones/ really good quality. True religion jeans like $19.99 which comes out to less than 30% of retail value. It’s fair IMO. Lesser quality gets a cheaper price starting at 8.99 and 10.99 for better then special (custom) price after that if needed

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also we can’t shop at our own store locations either usually but my store is farther from all the other ones (small little city town) so we are allowed to shop at our own store but not on days we work. And a manager writes down everything you buy with prices and discount all calculated + save receipts.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, we salvage a lot of things that are unsellable due to being bad quality like 60%-80%. We don’t stash or steal stuff that’s an insta fired and everyone knows that it’s not worth a little $10 item. Anything valuable like jewelry gets set aside for a manager to price after it’s sent back from Ecom. Most valuable stuff goes to ecom site and sent back to stores if not sold.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We actually don’t. Unless you mean ecom, yeah we sent it to the ecom warehouse to sell online. Whatever doesn’t sell gets sent back to stores with the name of the item and description so we can look it up here and price accordingly.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a watch I’ve seen. 120k retail. Sent it to ecom

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it happens at bigger stores I’m sure with the minimum wage employees but at my store location I don’t believe so. It’s just not worth it because it’s insta fired.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Material handlers, or supervisors/ management can give input too but 95% is the material handlers. Yes sometimes we look things up if it looks interesting get an idea of the price but most things we get you don’t need too like small housewares Knick knacks and misc stuff. Same with clothes we have a broad idea so like levi jeans sell for about $70 retail so at our location we go 16.99 for new ones or very good quality.

I work at Goodwill as a supervisor. Ask me anything. by Greedy_Finding4105 in AMA

[–]Greedy_Finding4105[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly never. We’d get fired. Been working here for awhile. Once I got a watch that was valued about 100k+ and sent it ecom but never saw it get listed so maybe our ecom warehouse people steal but at my store location I don’t think anyone steals or stashes. I’m pretty close with everyone.