Is Goodwill a good place for a Catholic to work at?

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My experience says no.

But Goodwill is run differently from one location to the next.

The ones I am familiar with were cash poor and politics heavy.
 
My understanding is that the very purpose of their hiring is to train people to make them employable. So if you’re capable of earning a decent wage, you’re not who they want to hire, as you don’t need it.

As far as making corporate donations, I’d be surprised if they do–were there such money available, I expect that it would “donate” to itself.
 
Do a little web search of their site, and maybe send an email or make a call. As to places to work, if it’s not a strip bar or an abortion clinic, and it is good, honest labor, then go and work there.
 
dochawk said:
My understanding is that the very purpose of their hiring is to train people to make them employable
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About that…
The only training the local Goodwill here does is custodial or fast food.
Neither of these provides meaningful employment opportunities.
 
Our Goodwill teaches people how to write a resume, how to go for interviews, and does testing to see what kind of jobs interest them. They help them find factory jobs, or work in the Goodwill store, or in the distribution center. They help them get work experience.
 
Goodwill is not meant to find “meaningful” work, it is helping people that have no or little skills, or social issues to find employment.
 
  1. It helps those with troubled pasts and other difficulties establish good employment habits. You see a negative in this?
  2. It is not a four year college, but a work-training organization. What, are they supposed to churn out astrophysicists? Good grief!
  3. Those who gain employment (even if below your personal standards), are free to move up. What a concept!
  4. Maybe lighten up a bit, huh?
 
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Makes me wonder what the purpose is behind the training offered.
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It’s not for the general population, but the unemployable.

No, they won’t be on track to CEO, but hopefully they reach the point of being able to work at all.

The most important part of a minimum wage job for a worker is not the wage. Rather, it is getting the ticket punched for, “shows up to work on a regular basis”, which is a necessity for any “real” job.

Goodwill and the like work with those who failed to punch this ticket the first and third times around , . .
 
Is Goodwill a good place to work at for a Catholic? I’d say it’s appropriate, you do a good service for others as a duty. As if the money that is donated goes to evil places? Well, I do not know
 
When my father came to the US, he was employed by Goodwill. He lost his arm in an industrial accident when he was 19. I believe Goodwill still helps employ people with disabilities. I have a soft spot for Goodwill due to my family history but I don’t know the inner workings of the organization.
 
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