Originally Posted by
Sandygirl
I agree. Goodwill offers job training, they have nice buildings, the employees learn job skills, they keep the place clean and organized. It is NOT run by volunteers. It really is not a non-profit. People need to develop good job skills in prep for their next position. I don’t have an issue with Goodwill. I love to poke around there.
This. My son is 19 and works for goodwill full time. He has holidays off with pay, health, dental and vision insurance, ability to open a retirement account (which goodwill will match his contributions after he's been there for a year) and definitely gets paid. It's not the highest paying job but for some people it's a great opportunity. He's been there 4 months and they've already talked to him about a promotion to floor supervisor. There is a fairly high turnover rate but that's probably because the wages aren't really enough for someone to be able to support a family (same with many other retail stores in our area-my daughter makes about the same at Dollar General).
However, Goodwill IS a non profit. What they do with the extra $$, I have no clue, but for the purposes of taxes and the law, they are a non profit. Non profit doesn't mean run by volunteers.