Goodwill? More Like Ill Will - The Ugly Truth

[@TheBlackAbyss1]

I used to work at goodwill, like 60% of the donations were thrown away cause they didn't meet their "high standards"

[@mattdouplesx]

I also used to work there too and it's such a fucking shit company. So shady.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

that fact got me fired...

[@manindisgiuze7780]

Same here, first job in high school and I was amazed how many semi trucks we filled every week with donations that were destined for the dump.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

@@manindisgiuze7780 those semitrucks in 2022 were horrible. They threw people on them each day to remove stuff from them. They had items way over the 50 pound job requirement. Stuff being thrown on the truck just broke so many things.

[@holdenmedia3]

Is there a way to keep or collect these clothes/things?

[@madmanmase519]

I quit my goodwill job today due to corporate greed and harsh treatment to employees, especially the autistic people who would get bullied by the grown ass adults in the back.

[@jaddek.astrie3071]

So sad to heard that I wish someone capture it on video and expose the truth.

[@itsprincesspaige]

Sadly, seen managers do the same thing smh

[@EthereallaASMR]

I’m autistic and I worked at Goodwill a year ago. When I applied for unemployment, they took me to court and tried to take away my unemployment benefits. Thankfully I won the case.

[@iamgabriel5823]

I have a small antique & collectibles shop in a rural town. When I go to Goodwill, I notice their prices are higher than what I charge in my shop. Their prices are ridiculous.

[@Deriv44]

I find it fascinating that those non-profit organizations find ways to make money or some form of financial benefits to the people running those business

[@frednitney5831]

"Fascinating" isn't the word I would have used.

[@finalxhit1431]

How do you keep the organization running if the people who are running it are homeless? it a full time job running an organization. it has to be profitable to work, otherwise it stagnates and dies out. I disagree with the heads of the companies being millionaires though.

[@Deriv44]

@finalxhit1431 I was thinking in the sense of the high 6 figures' salaries for those higher up compared to non livable wages they try to squeeze out of vulnerable work force with disabilities and also the use by these higer up of the charity fund for their on personal uses. they justify not paying the disabled employees that make do dangerous work with no training or sometime proper equipment, but they justify paying executive at around 100k

[@finalxhit1431]

@@Deriv44 gotcha, i definitely agree with you than. Especially when it comes to charities. People are to corrupted honestly.

[@answerman9933]

@@Deriv44 The larger an organization/business is the higher the salary of the person at the top, no mater how unfair you think it might be. Do you really think an organization the size of Goodwill will be able to get a CEO to work for much less than 100K? Conversely, if the CEO only received 50K per year and the difference was split among all HOURLY workers (just the hourly ones) the increase would barely be noticeable. Even if that 50K was split among 100 workers that would only be a 500 dollar increase per person per year. So now you are not likely attract a person who is even adequate to the task, which will likely lead to poor management and failure of the business. And in the meantime, the hourly workers barely received any benefit from the CEO's pay cut.

[@CordeliaWagner]

That's REAL journalism. Thank you for educating the public!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thanks Cordelia!

[@denis2381]

Hey Baby girl

[@fakename1656]

All this info was already on other videos on KZbin. Pretty solid repackage though

[@aymane.bencheikh]

​@@denis2381down baad

[@JoeSnodgrassworks]

Unfortunately, I am forced to disagree. It's lazy and misconstrued. Take the CEO's making all that money, for example. There are over 150 regional, autonomous Goodwill operations in North America such as Goodwill Omaha, Goodwill Orange County, etc. The figures about CEO's making almost a million or over a million dollars are not Goodwill International, the parent organization. Those are independently run. So to say that the issue wasn't resolved when the Goodwill Omaha CEO was investigated and released, is not true. It may or may not have been resolved in Omaha, where they run their own Goodwill independently.

[@actionjack4096]

Literally the worst job in my life, we were treated like slaves, I was the only one speaking up for my team, EVERYONE was scared to death because if corporate didn't get their bonuses, we were in trouble, we were shut down by the city for a dangerous work environment and my corporate said stay there and work or else, I have photos of trash piled to the ceiling. I feel for my coworkers that are still there, it is truly HELL ON EARTH.......

[@Sj430]

I used to work at goodwill and I hated working there. The day they fired me I was happy.

[@chetosbaby1]

Thats abuse what tgey did and those workers can report them and have a court case

[@PoketMon1008]

Not just slaves for many years. It is the people and the managers and the co-workers that are grave fault I'm happy for you quitting EvilWill. Please work elsewhere.

[@Heavenzvoice]

Yes yes yes….. I was a GM… staff is treated like pure garbage. They are a scam. They exploit them.

[@fabianterry503]

Can't note ONE TIME you've seen Goodwill on the streets assisting people in NEED of GOODWILL..... BUT, I've seen Salvation Army at EVERY natural disaster that occurs.

[@EatTheMarxists]

Yup, the Salvation Army even often beats organizations like the American Red Cross and Samaritan’s Purse to disasters, and all three of those give clothing and other needs to people affected by disasters for the price of absolutely nothing. Not even a penny. Salvation Army and the Vietnam Vets of America are two of my favorite charities.

[@bankz724]

@@EatTheMarxists Salvation Army got its flaws too but I cant deny just how much they do compaired. Even with a goodwill in my area they have never done anything NOT ONCE. Salvation Army tho? They will be there every time.

[@nightking8490]

That's the main point. Any organisation giving charity shows itself as savior of poor. Attack them, they show you as anti poor and heartless.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Brutal hahaha

[@aiodensghost8645]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredbrutally honest

[@jasonzacharias2150]

As a guy who shops second hand, good will is super overpriced compared to other independent thrift stores that have higher quality stuff... It looks like the salvation army is in the same boat around here, overpriced junk being sold by cub scout level saints

[@Beverly-e4z]

We shouldn't be surprised at the corruption in charitable organizations. Evil is rising. My daughter was moving across country and ended up giving a nice leather couch and two matching chairs to good will because she could not sell it fast enough. I saw the couch and chairs for sale on craigslist the NEXT DAY. The manager or someone was making bank!

[@danieldanfoxworth9528]

😮😮😮

[@austinhernandez2716]

They throw stuff away and then call the cops on you from looking in their dumpsters and trying to get it back. Pure evil

[@AshnSilvercorp]

having worked for them and fired by them over quota, I can confirm they are that greedy. Why did I miss quota? Because my bosses refused to acknowledge that like 50% of their donations were turning to trash or unusables. Instead of working that out with me, I had two bosses write me up several times and eventually fire me. They do not value quality, they just wanted a number out on the racks. And it made me even more furious when a worker next to me always passed the quotas, but only did so by putting out unsellables. I felt so used by those people... I can also confirm, yea, I'm pretty sure using the compactor didn't have much training (I didn't really receive much training at all...). It felt like an afterthought, and I'm pretty sure a young 20 year old without much thought might actually hop in it if they didn't already think twice about how compactors work...

[@quincykearney9862]

I was fire from Goodwill because I spoke out about a good friend of mine who was fire because she asked for a raise.

[@itsprincesspaige]

Sounds like them alright, they do their workers dirty smh

[@quincykearney9862]

The manager abused their power can treat their employees like crap.

[@itsprincesspaige]

@@quincykearney9862 Exactly why the turnover rate at the store i used to work was high, alot of people wasn't putting up with the manager power trips smh

[@Kaezlo]

We have Equal Opportunity Employment in this country...except for the legally disabled, who are subject to variable wages far below living or minimum wages. Criminal.

[@LifeinDigitalFilms]

Mind boggling!!!

[@Mike-xw4gm]

Lions eat zebras

[@William0271]

It sounds like the wages are performance-based. It's not their job to pay poor performers the same as everyone else. If they have disabilities they should get Gov assistance.

[@Kaezlo]

Shorter paragraph with why the law for disabled folk is bad!! "The Commission majority approved key findings including the following: As currently utilized, the U.S. Department of Labor has repeatedly found 14(c) providers limiting people with disabilities participating in the program from realizing their full potential while allowing providers and associated businesses to profit from their labor. This limitation is contrary to 14(c)’s purpose. Persistent failures in regulation and oversight of the 14(c) program by government agencies including the Department of Labor and Department of Justice have allowed and continue to allow the program to operate without satisfying its legislative goal to meet the needs of people with disabilities to receive supports necessary to become ready for employment in the competitive economy. "

[@mattdouplesx]

Before I worked at goodwill they gave us a tour of a facility downtown where the disabled took apart electronics and were paid pennies per task.

[@carlobinda1127]

Wow, that pay situation for disabled workers is completely insane, while their executives are living the life; very sad indeed. 😔

[@PJ-sv4iw]

This was the case way back in like 2014 when it first hit the headlines. Read up why the wages are that low for disabled.

[@carlobinda1127]

@@PJ-sv4iw Will do, thanks! 👍

[@mchenrynick]

This video points out that this is a countrywide problem for the disabled, not just at Goodwill stores.

[@tonyamurray6410]

U can donate new clothes with a tag that says 9.99 they are gonna price it for 18.99 it's not a thrift store anymore it's a wholesale store in all honesty

[@Group_Anonymous]

When they don’t sell, it goes to a landfill then they can claim $18.99 Loss for tax purposes

[@jilbertb]

I knew someone who worked as a mgr at GW. She said they didn't hire disabled persons, they hired ppl who couldn't get "regular jobs", ppl with criminal records. There are more disabled ppl working at my Lowes, than at GW.

[@jackdoesstuff2466]

The one I worked at had an assistant store manager who was a felon and started out doing community service there he was the best manager ever

[@Brickstin]

It is a grave disappointment to learn these dark secrets of goodwill, safe to say that despite some people who work in goodwill (the hard low workers and disabled) are amazing people.. the people sitting on the top are more busy stroking their hundred dollar bills than changing their ways, I will never donate to Goodwill again, nor will I buy from them again after seeing this.. I grew up thinking positively of good Will and despite so many amazing people that work at good will to provide for their communities, I cannot support a Organization that is organized around money, cheating, breaking laws, abusing - taking advantage of the disabled, and Hiding behind a Org to run a Corporate Monopoly . I too am a disabled worker and have experienced things like this at Pizza Ranch and a few past jobs.. It's so sickening.. and the fact that investors and Government pricks cooperate with this is just disgusting Organization.. All the more why I hate our government and why it needs to be completely abolished, demolished, and liquidated.

[@SeanDahle]

I'm with you

[@justinpharand8454]

We've all heard the stories. Some nice person donates a lightly used Calvin Klein jacket and then it's on the rack with a $200 price tag the next day.

[@answerman9933]

@Justin Pharand What should the Calvin Klein jacket be sold for, and why?

[@christrumptastic3161]

​@@answerman9933 not used 200 dollars.

[@callous21]

I've seen some high end stuff for pretty reasonable prices in goodwill.

[@answerman9933]

@@christrumptastic3161 Your answering for Justin Pharand still did not give the jacket a set price. You leave it open for interpretation. So the jacket could be placed on sale for 500 dollars? 1 dollar? You did not make anything clearer.

[@Ultimatetrouble]

that's IF it makes it to the floor for the patrons. lol

[@ambyjkl]

Dude is so underrated, so much better than the much bigger "video essay" channels that just regurgitate content creator drama and other lame things

[@DannerBanks]

Most non profits in the US are actually pretty shady. I believe it's more ethical to run an organization for profit

[@demure.SH00T0UT]

Susan G Komen is the worst.

[@AnonYmous-xp1ym]

It's impossible to overstate how wrong you are. Profit as a concept is not only immoral, but at the center of the majority of atrocities committed throughout the whole of human history.

[@eugenekrabs141]

@@AnonYmous-xp1ym profit as a concept is not immoral in any way, its just making money which is not immoral, and correlation does not equal causation

[@AnonYmous-xp1ym]

@@eugenekrabs141 I think you may be confused about what "profit" is. It isn't when you make money. Profit is when you keep money that's left over after you've paid all your bills & employees. For-profit businesses are started with the goal of using working class laborers to create products for X amount of money, which will then be sold for greater than X dollars, and the owner/profiteer keeps the rest despite not having done any work. This is the backbone of modern society, but it is evil.

[@eugenekrabs141]

@@AnonYmous-xp1ym and? its not like being rich is immoral

[@SG-bs6dm]

Would love to see more videos about companies’ shady business practices. I try to buy products from ethical companies and knowing the bad ones helps!

[@Reoku64]

Definitely. I wish we could have a list of the good companies that LA hasn’t done a piece about!

[@clodsirelover2501]

good replacement for illuminaughti's corporate casket

[@kevine2315]

I work for Goodwill for about 3 or 4 months it's way more evil than what you give me a credit for.....😢

[@csmcghee830]

They don’t pay workers with disabilities more than pocket change. No one can live on that especially when assistive tech companies and medical insitutiobs are charging thousands for products and services.

[@justinfowler2857]

Sounds just like catholic relief services charity. They ask for spare change for the poor while the top 3 make over 500k each.

[@EatTheMarxists]

Don’t get me started. The Vatican could sell half of the gold and jewelry that they own and virtually eliminate poverty in dozens of nations. Just another reason why I can’t stand the Pope, particularly the current Marxist and Atheist in the office that people blaspheme God by calling him ‘Holy Father’.

[@speranza8494]

Here in the Midwest they always ask to round up to the nearest dollar. And then they ask for an additional dollar for some lame project. I always say no since I knew what the CEO was making in salary. He can donate his salary. My buying their items (at a very high price) is my donation.

[@unknownexponential]

Yesss, Finally a video on garbage "Good"will. The company that sells a lot of it's stuff on ebay instead to local community, and prices some stuff accordingly instead of low prices for local community (on the items they got given for free).

[@edition-deluxe]

I used to make a living scouting items to sell online at Goodwill, but after they started checking everything online, it became more and more rare to find items that slip through the cracks.

[@lgrantnelson2863]

I used to work for Goodwill. It seemed to me there that there was a lack of training in some instances as well as setting up certain people to fail. My understanding was that Goodwill paid part of the wages and the government paid the rest. As you stated vehicle maintenance was a low priority. I got pulled over by the cops and they said make sure you put the name on the truck and we will give you a pass.

[@CharlieBoy360]

You didn't even cover executive compensation. With bonuses and other compensation the current CEO of Goodwill makes over $1 million annually while disabled employees make under a dollar an hour. How despicable can an organization be?

[@katherinelangford981]

He mentions it. He said the salary can go over $1M with other bonuses. It's said while he's talking about their salaries. The part after the guy getting close to a mil resigning and the salary going to about $400,000.

[@Heavenzvoice]

Yes!!!!! I know for a fact. They are a scam. The upper mgmt living large.

[@josephalberque5334]

I say to all Goodwill executives “take a massive pay cut and you can pay Goodwill employees minimum wage “

[@user-wd3po8sd7k]

The prices at Goodwill reflect no goodwill. The CEOs and higher-ups should be ashamed of themselves.

[@manindisgiuze7780]

First job in high school and I was amazed how many semi trucks we filled every week with donations that were destined for the dump. I had managers get fired for not reaching sales goal when they cant control that, forced my managers to spend their money to reach goal.

[@zacharywissinger3996]

I have thought goodwill was suspicious for years. I am very interested to see if they own their stores or rent them. If they rent them, from whom? Please investigate this!

[@clusterstage]

Those CEOs have to "leech off of non profits" because in some states there is lower tax IF YOU ARE A NON PROFIT.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

based on working from one, yes, they do rent spaces; however, I'm not certain if it's any different than any other big box store.

[@montesollek1416]

There is another big rip off they do using comunity service as a way to get free labor. I was given 120hrs of comunity service as at the time i could not afford to pay for a traffic violation. I was sent to Goodwill and would need to work 3 weeks full time to fill that 120hrs but they would only credit my time card about half the time i actually worked. They didn't want us to take breaks let alone a lunch.

[@motionsick]

The only Goodwill is the Goodwill of the people that donate to Goodwill. It's all downhill from there.

[@Zinstorm]

As someone who current works for a goodwill store this was an interesting video to watch. While I didn't believe that all of the companies were angels (Goodwill isn't a monolith, different regions have different CEOs) I didn't know some of the things you've shed light on in this video like ignoring safety practices which lead to deaths. It's such a sharp whiplash as the region I'm in (Greater Washingion) from the many years I've been working in there stores they always seemed to treat safety issues very seriously (I've seen consequences to those who didn't comply with safety standards). Good Video it's always good to remain critical when horrible things are done as that is the only way change can happen.

[@angelbaby9137]

They’re basically giving starving people crumbs and saying it’s better than nothing😡

[@sandreawhite7534]

In have absolutely STOPPED shopping at Goodwill (Illwill) because their prices are through the roof. Donated items. Outrageous!!!!

[@ThePaPappy]

I see the Salvation Army at disasters and house fires. They hand out food and drink to workers at those events, they give to families during holidays. I donate there. The only thing I do with Goodwill is bid up items on thing auction site and dump it in resellers laps after destroying their profit expectations.

[@roblesize]

Down with greed, Down with corruption. Hold these evil PEOPLE Accountable

[@LanceyAce]

I worked with Goodwill. They treated me like crap. One of the jobs even gave me an injury that I have to live with for the rest of my life. I'm glad I never have turn to them for work.

[@keithgeezee]

We have a similar story. My left wrist was permanently injured while helping a customer with some real heavy furniture. I Wasn't compensated for the few days I missed while recovering, but the worst part is the NETWORK DOCTOR didn't "find anything" wrong when I got the MRI. 2 years later, I still feel the discomfort from the injury. Still do. I also was Denied help from their Employee Relief Fund while on a 3 month furlough during Covid. Great place to work if you don't have any aspirations in life.....

[@gwendasmith5890]

Goodwill Industries International was founded in 1902 by Boston, Massachusetts minister Dr. Edgar J. Helms. Helms wanted to help people in the city's inner-city who were waiting in line for food and work, so he collected used clothing and household items from wealthier areas and hired the poor to repair them. The items were then resold or given to the people who repaired them. Helms' philosophy was "a chance, not charity".

[@tommirabito1973]

I go dumpster diving at all these places its very fishy. They put out sub par items and through away better items than I see for sale in the stores. I'm willing to bet there's a lot of laundering going on and not the right kind of laundering might i add..

[@treesaretasty]

I feel like we cant trust any charities anymore smh

[@shrimplyobsessed]

I worked at goodwill for almost a year. It was a decent job, but there were definitely some trashy things about the place. One was the region manager firing a ton of disabled individuals, then resigning after reinstating those individuals jobs. Plus they are indeed allowed to pay them less than minimum wage, and honestly the disabled are probably more hard working than the able as it gives them a purpose, as stated by one of the disabled employees working with me.

[@Cloudsofsand]

You give this company products for free and they sell it for profit. They have no inventory cost. How did people not see whats wrong here?

[@DarleneBrown-io4du]

No delivery costs either

[@johnny4ever5]

@@DarleneBrown-io4du Lol totally wrong! You would be shocked how much it costs to truck those donations around to the various stores, but yeah, "no delivery costs either"

[@loris6413]

I never donate to Goodwill. They have been cheating for a long time.

[@souta95]

This behavior doesn't surprise me in the least. As someone that likes hunting for things at thrift stores, I find that Goodwill tends to overcharge for a lot of things. It really feels like they value profit more than anything else. Which is sad, because even aside from the job training things they offer, the whole concept of a thrift store keeps things out of landfills.

[@jnb756]

you left out their aggressive targeting of smaller mom and pop thrift stores. they actively seek out smaller stores they can shut down by opening a huge store as close as possible to an already successful local business

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Oof

[@TheOtherMJ_76]

Hmmm, this actually happened in a neighborhood near my home in Virginia. There was a small independent thrift shop in place for years. Goodwill opened up right next door and guess what…the independent shop was gone in short order. Perhaps a year or two and it was shuttered. 🤔

[@LifeinDigitalFilms]

I appreciate all the work you do to bring this to our attention! Keep producing these informative, and infuriating, videos!

[@funnyguylol69]

This channel feels like early Jake Tran. Please never sell out.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thanks Michael!

[@jordixboy]

Why is he a sell out? Just because he contracted a voice actor and sponsorship's? Wtf.. the whole point of his channel is to show you how evil companies work so you can play the same game... He is just doing that. No sell out.

[@jordixboy]

Who dafuck cares anyway whos voice is behind the video? I'm just here for the content. I don't give a fuck about the person behind. No parasocial shit.

[@glint6070]

@@jordixboy He's a sell out because he has plainly admitted it in 1 of his videos; doesn't mean he can't provide valuable information, hell I personally think he's a net positive as far as impact goes, so I'm fine with it & I think most people are as well

[@wepopew]

​@@jordixboy he sold out because he took sponsorships from the people he criticized. For example, he made a video about NFT rugpulls, and then did a sponsored segment for an NFT project that rugpulled

[@CappyLarou]

can you please do one on The Salvation Army? I've always been suspicious of them, and The Red Cross

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thanks for the suggestions Cappy!

[@MetalSandman999]

That assumes those two are as shady as Good Will. Granted, every charity is going to have some skeletons in it's closet if you look hard enough. Same with any business or government or anything else. The question is the degree to which this happens.

[@fakename1656]

Just youtube salvation army on you will think goodwill are angels

[@Rleatfitness]

The Salvation Army have a terrible record for mistreating people who are LGBTQ+

[@jilbertb]

Actually, SA gives stuff away to those in need (clothes, furniture). They usually sell clothing hy the pound to Savers, a second hand store.

[@cristinaking7647]

The Goodwill of Northern California, where I live was only slapped on the hand for keeping donations from people who were asked at the register to round up to the next dollar. The customer was told that it would go to one specific charity. They learned that that was not the case and this amounted to millions of dollars. I guess that’s how they decided to pay their executives. I will not donate there or shop there ever again. Plus their prices have skyrocketed. I’ve seen a price tag on an item from the original retail store that is less than the Goodwill tag on that same item. Are you kidding me?

[@johnburrows5119]

What's up with Goodwill's HIGH PRICES? Poor people can't afford to shop there!

[@lljl5310]

Did anybody mention the VERY, VERY, VERY HIGH 💰 💰 PAYING WAGES FOR CEO, CFO, TOP MANAGEMENT? RIDICULOUSLY HIGH!!!!!!

[@ChavezDIY]

I didn't understand non-profits until I worked for one; make no mistake, it's a private business. People should be specific in stating that they are Private Non-Profit Businesses. They are hungry for money just as much as a for profit company. The people at the top can pay themselves whatever they want. The board members are the rulers of the company. In the largest homeless non-profit, LAHSA, the CEO makes $430k per year. You have to really study where the money is going (financial docs) to understand how charitable the company really is.

[@funbucket09]

Goodwill is WORSE than BigPharma! Change my mind...

[@dougheclipse1717]

I have always been against Goodwill since the first time I walked in one. Seen all the donations in there with price tags showing the absolute top dollar. Was like WTF I'll throw something away before I give it to them. I liked Salvation Army when it was around they sold their stuff very cheap and if someones house burned or something you could take a voucher in and get free furniture and shit. I'm sure they do shady things but at least they helped some.

[@MultiSUNFLOWER18]

Salvation Army is still a thing.

[@peregrination3643]

It has been fascinating to me as an adult how much shadiness is involved with "do good" organizations like nonprofits, in part because the "cause" emotional manipulates some people to not look deeper, and in part the slippery financial practices that for-profit businesses would have to be extra skilled at slipperiness to get away with.

[@angelrosado7694]

They're do they workers dirty A lot of backstabbing. And they don't know how to treat their clients a lot of the time, they just let them roll around with no counselor

[@queenofyoworld]

I went to the career center. I disclosed my mental illness. She refers me to a different place. I got turned away. They want volunteers to run their stores

[@jamesmisener3006]

We allow companies and charities to get so big they inevitably become all about the bottom line feeding the top. Bigs ok but regulations are weak and not enforced. So ironic that "Goodwill" pays disabled workers so little. I know that a lot of them have government assistance for housing etc depending where you live but that is not the point. They put the same effort in and should be paid minimum wage period. That's the goodwill lacking here and with other charities. Folks work at regular jobs that are well off, have pensions, investments and they work because they want to. We wouldn't think of docking their pay. Thanks for this report. You may receive some "Badwill" about it but I am with you Sir. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@me-myself-i787]

They have jobs and able-bodied people don't because able-bodied people have to be paid more for the same job.

[@FoldingChairJonson]

I haven't even watched all of this but from someone who has worked for a Non profit community/"business" for years. Goodwill is the worst of them all! How many times did Goodwill support natural disasters? Rarely, and when they do, they like to rub it in your face. "See, we helped, we are good!". However, some of the smaller local community based ones really do try and help. I only drop off the most garbage junk to Goodwill since thats all they deserve.

[@bluejem1315]

I was in a program for goodwill it didn't do anything for me.

[@jadestone8552]

I have quit donating and shopping at Goodwill because they have become so greedy and trashy.

[@shannonmcdougall579]

I went there to find shoes. They were charging more than new ones cost. Went to Value Village instead. Was able to buy 2 pairs of shoes in near new condition for half of what Goodwill was asking for one pair.

[@victorlongoria1048]

I started going to Goodwill in Texas and at the beginning you could find some good stuff at reasonable price...however 3 month later ..... you find everything super expensive....toys are sold missing parts or broken...and rumors say that employee are getting first digs on their good donations before Customers do..... shameful....🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@unknown_Noname451]

Anything that's broken that's too big to put in my garbage bin, or could be a decent write off, I'll drop off at Goodwill. If something isn't broken or torn, or in decent enough shape but that I no longer need, I'll bring it to my local church affiliated thrift store that prices things to actually move, and 90% of the employees are volunteers

[@andyr-le1vx]

I workeu ass off pricing sorting taking priced items to the floor then they said that was too slow. They asked ..whats the problem? Well like 3 workers didn't show up.

[@scottfranco1962]

There are other organizations besides goodwill that have the business model of taking in used items for free and then selling them. The idea is that they "donate profits to charity", but if you read the fine print, its a very small percentage. Does it mean they are bad? Most of that stuff would just have been thrown away in any case.

[@markvernik2387]

I think immoral "non-profits" are a broader issue in the US (I'm looking at you collegeboard)

[@Troy_Built]

I've been involved with four over my life. Each one I've stopped being involved with over what I deemed inappropriate use of the funds.

[@DroneStrike1776]

Anything non profit is a scam. I don't donate things to big organizations, I rather do it to small charities, such as the food bank in my town that uses it to help Vets all over the state.

[@markvernik2387]

@@DroneStrike1776 I mean even the little ones are nonprofits but I know what you mean and you are right

[@widowswatch6610]

There’s times at the registers they ask you IF YOU WANT TO ROUND UP!!!!! Their prices have gone way up. I have found many dollar tree items there which always have a larger price tag on them. I shop their frequently and hate it. Most of the time I just can’t stand their high prices. Every now and then I might get a deal. I also have heard many times people shopping there saying out loud that they get their stuff free and sell it for too much money….. On all these companies or whatever the higher up people get the big bucks! ziti has always been this way. Greed! I think all these big time TV PASTORS a also live high off the hog….. their million dollar mansions. Actually MANY MILLION DOLLAR MANSIONS. What is our world coming to.???? GREED. ☮️☮️peace to all the people out there . I hope things get better.

[@razorsedge4823]

When i worked at Goodwill, there were disabled employees who worked 40+ hrs per week and did a good job. But GW still only paid them $3 to $4hr. The management there always talked down to the disabled employees like they were children and It really disgusted me. Thank god i got another job after only working at GW for a couple of months. When i got offered my new job, i did not give them shit for a notice, and i just quit! 0:11

[@dorishill6835]

I refuse to shop at Goodwill, I prefer to go to local non-profits

[@hughjass1044]

I had heard some of this talked about before but not in this much depth. I honestly can't say I'm surprised. I spent some time in service clubs and other volunteer organizations and while there definitely is good work that gets done by a lot of dedicated people, there is also a stunning amount of profiteering and other shady and downright malicious activity. When you get deep inside some of these outfits and see how they function and learn for example, what is permissible under the banner of "charity," and also why some of the individuals are there to begin with... ie to "charity wash" their reputations or spruce up their CVs, it pretty much ruins your attitude towards the entire business.

[@adreamtoshare1]

I worked there. If you did not ask customers paying at the register for monetary donations, the manager was not happy because her manager pressured her to get us to ask for money donations. The extra donation was supposed to go to their job training centers.

[@enkephalin07]

How about Volunteers of America, VoA? I'm curious to know why they gave up their thrift business and now only accept currency donations (possibly due to competition from Goodwill.) Now they're contractors/grantees for government services, and primarily serve veterans. As a veteran myself whose received services from them, I've had a look through CFR Title 38-B, which contains the regulations governing NGO's for veterans services, including providing for administrative overhead and compensation. I don't know the dollar figures of their grants, but I do know that a little donation can entitle them to a lot of matching funds from multiple grant programs, which is probably what Goodwill is doing with their paltry fraction of revenue going to 'charitable causes'.

[@FRANKMUSIKOFFICIAL]

This is so messed up. Thank you for shedding light on this.

[@nataliejohnson2471]

I work at goodwill and we have several people who have disabilities and they get paid they same as any associate just not the same hours or else they would lose their mgoverment check. We also hire felons. Id say 40% of our donated items are literal trash that no one would spend money. I.e. stained, broken, or just downright disgusting. The only complaint i have is that they dont provide enough gaylords or palettes for stores to funtion properly and their trainong sucks.

[@LazyReaderKanon]

At this point any large corporation seems to have a lot of skeletons in their closet. Not to sound cringe but, is empathy and humanity that hard to practice? I hope there is enough buzz about these atrocities that eventually the corporations are forced their hand to be better.

[@suedefringe]

I hear goodwill wants to do away with disabled employees .... the wife, of a ex manager told me. He no longer works there cause he was upset pver what happened with the employee situation.

[@jaspermartin7444]

Please take your clothing and household items to Salt & Light or Empty Tomb instead. Those items will be sold to the public at affordable prices and the workers earn.... 15$ an hour? in the form of credits which are then used to buy items. But they can only work... 6 hours a month? Most people seem very happy with the arrangement. (The ones that don't, don't want to work anywhere.)

[@TheSillySils]

It sucks that these innocent disabled people died when in reality it should be all of upper management instead.

[@Eveex]

God im glad I live in Germany, we protect the disabled by law, you get the same money, larger company’s HAVE to have a percentage in disabled workers and they even have way higher Protection against dismissal

[@bryanbrian1234]

Now Germany will have more money to buy bombs to send to Ukraine to make more high paid disabled people. Tx Germany for all you do....

[@reach4thestars67]

Disabled people get a disability check from the government and they cannot earn much money working if, they want to keep their disability check protected. This also includes health care and other benefits according to their disability.

[@annperry6618]

Saw an utube episode where a cop tried to run into GW for a lady out on the street who had no shoes. They refused, so he had to pay for flip flops.

[@surfboy344]

Any 501(c)(3) that pays executives more than the President of the US should have it's tax exempt status revoked.

[@GailPayne-le3pk]

I work with disabled people and I think it’s important for goodwill to look into these issues. Most disabled workers are good workers and they deserve to have safety in the workplace. I will tell family and colleagues about this report on goodwill how they don’t care of people in need or the disabled. Goodwill is only a front.

[@itsprincesspaige]

I remember i manager bully a disabled worker smh

[@jadestone8552]

I would love to see Goodwill belly up. They would not even donate a pair of used flip flops to a homeless shoeless lady. A nice person heard all the “nos and we can’t do that” purchased the flip flops $3 and Goodwill couldn’t give them away even though they were donated.

[@itsprincesspaige]

Same hope they will go out of business like radio shack lmao

[@rontom3405]

I use to work here. This is all true.. it was scary working in this environment

[@mgtowlevel5293]

Used shoes n underwear for top $$$ Haven't been to most thrift stores in well over a decade. It's better to buy new these days for clothes and electronics. Unless your heart pressed for a toaster or something you may have to swing in there. Back in the '07 I bought a TV I walked in the place it was a nice Sony they had it running so everything was warmed up and it was working fine. Take it home after it's cooled down turn it on there's no picture when it heats up there was a picture but it was going in and out I got took from my money. You going there for jeans for work and you might as well buy a new pair they're trying to get 10 and $12 sometimes. And if you get scabies easily like myself don't even bother going near the furniture.

[@BarelySaneGenius]

933k dayum!! Most surgeons don’t even make that and they literally save lives!! And don’t even get me started on teacher salaries 🤬

[@nuhozubaedsalam]

as I said also before, I just love your videos. They're just amazing, trust me. 🧡

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Really appreciate the positive feedback Nuho!

[@nuhozubaedsalam]

@@LogicallyAnswered Keep it up, you deserve a lot, believe me. :)

[@johngilles9371]

Bad will! Definitely! They sell your free donation at 100-500 percent profit, treat their disabled employees like dogs while they get even more tax credits for hiring them, have you on camera your entire shift cuz they're worried about you stealing from them, and your district manager vacations in Hawaii year after year after year after year, but refuses to pay any more than minimum wage😢

[@brendabennett4829]

Would throw something away before I would donate to them

[@MotownBatman]

I've been telling people this for years, Complete Scam

[@TheNexusChan]

If you're going to donate, then donate to The Salvation Army. I run a nonprofit organization to help families who don't have computers. I'll receive secondhand computers or laptops that clients upgraded from, and donations front individuals. I also have no salary from doing this. They'll get them for free providing they can't afford one. The only money I collect is from e-waste of something I can't use or give. And that's extremely tedious. This and a tax deduction, which I'm okay with. Because fucking (metaphorically) the government is something I don't care about considering how often they fuck us.

[@squarrildog1803]

Well done on all the research done for this video. You’ll get to 1mil subs in no time. Keep it up

[@mariepla1370]

I've seen items at the Good Will Store and other thrift stores near me, being sold higher than the original retail. Items originally sold at the Dollar store, for example. ( and I know, because I bought one exactly the same at the Dollar store), and they are selling such items at $3 to $4. Broken and smelly items, priced at $8 to 10 dollars. They've been overpricing things on all thrift stores since the reopening after the pandemic subsided. I like to recycle, repurpuse, and reuse. That's the reason I thrift. Not to resell. That's probably another reason the prices are getting higher every month. People buying to resell. Im sure the managers are aware of that.

[@angelrosado7694]

I used to work for goodwill. Let me tell you a lot of supervisors and above. You should take a lot of the good stuff.

[@FedUpCanuck]

Goodwill in Canada folded many years ago because of corrupt mismanagement