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Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley

Do your research before you apply to this place.  You will see mostly people praising the company but pay attention to their occupations.  At quick glance, you may see this is a great place to work at, but unless you're in the retail division, believe me, you have no future here.  

The company has been going through some changes for nearly a year (staff, management, leadership).  The new leadership, not even sure where to begin.  The former leader did great things for the company and the Miami Valley area.  But recently, with the new changes in leadership, it has provided opposite results.  Layoffs, terminations, and "job eliminations" as they are promoting "Now Hiring" on the tower of their new facility.  If you satisfy yourself making around $8.50 an hour working a retail job, then this might be a place for you.  But don't dream about making it big at the corporate office.  

The environment at the main office is interesting to describe. The work isn't hard and their interviewing process is so easy that you could probably get a high management job with your interview being as difficult as getting hired for a sales clerk position.  This place has no talent in maintaining a good retention rate and their so called "recruiters" have no experience in the field.  

Management there, however, is untouchable. You make the smallest concern or complain, a guaranteed retaliation will happen.  Even though retaliation in itself is unacceptable and their own company policy states that it is not tolerated.  They will act as if they will address or look into the problem, however the only problem will be any individual who makes any statements that may taint the reputation of anyone in upper management.  Just to paint a small picture: a few employees have addressed a retaliation problem within their Facilitator division.  Now, none of those employees who addressed the problem to the Executive Management are part of this company.  They all either left willingly or terminated.  

Again, do your research.  If an easy retail job is what you look for and you're okay earning minimum wage, this might be the perfect place for you.  Although, don't jump to the opportunity in a heart beat.  Most of their jobs available are in retail. It really portrays how people are satisfied working for this company.  

If you're looking at building a future and for professional growth, there are better things.  They taunt their mission, time and time again.  But I think that lately, they've forgotten the meaning of it.  Now, it's more profit than non-profit.  They do have a new building to pay for so they need all the money they can get.

I worked at GESMV (Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley) for about 8 months as a Lead Dock Worker. My experience was frustrating due to inconsistent policy enforcement and what felt like an unfair disciplinary process. In one instance, I was initially told a coaching/verbal issue was for insubordination, but it was later documented differently in a way that escalated the corrective action to a final write-up. That lack of consistency made it difficult to understand expectations and feel treated fairly.

After the final write-up, I tried to avoid any additional attendance issues by arriving early. However, I was then told I was not allowed to come in early and could not start work if I arrived early and no supervisor was present. At the same time, another lead dock worker appeared to have more flexibility with clock-in times and was allowed to work outside of the same restrictions. Being disciplined for attendance while also being told I could not arrive early created a situation where the expectations did not feel consistent or reasonable.

I also raised a workplace concern related to pests/bedbugs after observing an issue at work. After reporting it, I later experienced a problem at home and was told I could not return until I addressed it, which resulted in lost pay and out-of-pocket costs. I did not feel supported by HR or management in how the situation was handled, and the focus seemed to be on minimizing company responsibility rather than resolving the concern in a worker-focused way.

Overall, I would not recommend this job unless leadership improves consistency in policy enforcement, communication around corrective action, and how employee health/safety concerns are handled.

The leadership took a turn for the worse when the new leader took over.  There have been a number of issues and major violations concerting a department within their Facilitator division.  The evidence has been presented to their executive management team numerous times and they have turned a blind eye ignoring the violations that could cause the company money in legal issues.  For a company like this, money is of the essence considering they just obtained a new building that they are struggling to pay for.  They are promoting job growth and their plans to add jobs within the organization in 2015 as they have been laying off numerous people in the past few months.  

Their retention rate is ridiculous and again, it's all due to bad management. Don't be fooled by the job postings you see here.  That's not promoting growth, that's them struggling to maintain a good retention rate. 

This is not a hard place to get hired into, however if you're hired in a position that does not make the company money in anyway, your future is uncertain.  

With the new facility came a new leadership with the mentality of turning this organization from non-charitable to a corporation.  You hear and see the adds and see their leadership promoting the services, however how can they provide what they promote when they are laying off staff on an every day basis?

To put it bluntly: should you end up getting a job at any of the janitorial contracts, expect to be working with fire hazard equipment. Management does not care if your cord is a fire hazard; they will just give you another fire hazard cord. You will literally have to buy your own cord just to have a safe one to use, as I did.

Also, upper management keeps the contracts perpetually understaffed. Consequently, should you get a job at one of them, should they force you to work every weekend, you can't get weekends as your days off. Like at the WPAFB contract for instance.

Should you resign over this, they will then have the audacity to call you weeks after and try to offer you something such as only weekdays or weeknights. Fair warning, this is the upper management's way of trying to keep you working even as they keep their contracts understaffed in spite of the workload. I didn't fall for it, and neither should you.

Whatever you do, do not work for them unless it's a last resort. They pitch this idea of hiring all kinds of people, but then throw them in the shoddiest jobs to take advantage of them.

The environment is decent. I liked all my coworkers and most of my managers. Breaks are pretty regular, every 2 hours plus a lunch on long shifts. Overall the job is fine. The pay is very bad. The last straw for me was when upper management told me I’d be getting a raise, didn’t give it to me, and when I noticed the discrepancy a few months later, they claimed they never said I’d get a raise in the first place. For a company whose mission is to “help people with disabilities and other disadvantages become independent”, it’s appalling how the company has treated me, a disabled worker who’d faithfully worked for them for over a year, by lying to me and then gaslighting me about my salary. I would only recommend working here if you don’t care about the pay. They will not pay you fairly and will take every opportunity they can get to take your labor for less than you deserve.

Accessible work space was priority everywhere. The only issue with that was the head of the accessibility committee made comparisons between people in wheelchairs and people who "only" have "minor" disabilities, as if certain disabilities didn't matter as much and didn't create barriers to work. There was definitely an issue knowing who to talk to about any subject and you constantly had to keep asking around to find the right person because duties and tasks were delegated regularly to others and nobody coulda keep up

I enjoyed the job and the people with whom I worked. I was affected by budgetary issues. We often had an opportunity to role play during the job readiness workshops which provided us an opportunity to have a little fun. The compassion demonstrated was sincere.

I learned to hone my interviewing technique and when to refer a participant to other agencies housed within the building. Management was open door and feedback was given in a timely fashion. The hardest part of the job was when my client's applications got them an interview but not the job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I learned alot it was a job to get me back into work place

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The back pack vacuum was to heavy on my back 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very much good work place helps handicap  people fell important and not usles

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I wood dust desk vacuum floors clean restrooms

Our crew arrived in the morning.  There was plenty of time to socialize before the time to work.  Our manager told us which clothes should be hung or discarded. We salvaged thru box crates that contained these clothes and put them where the manager had instructed.  I am a hard worker and i did my best to sort these clothes while keeping a friendly attitude.  I am glad the people there were friendly and easy to talk to.  Basically that was the job.

Very bad place to work upper management constantly harasses and talks down to employees. Corporate retaliates if you voice your concerns about anything harassing or discriminatory. Cameras with audio are used to watch employees and listen in on what they say. Discrimination against medically disabled employees is not addressed even when brought to corporate attention.

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