I used to work at a Goodwill store for about a year and a half and I can tell you that the longer I worked there, the worse I thought if this place. The employees are treated like dirt and although some may be 20+ years old, they are treated as if they were 13. You RARELY get raises and when you do, they suck. The turnover rate is horrendous - people get fired all the time. They have this point system where you get fired once you're out of points, from calling off of work or coming in late. I personally have known people who lost their final points because of the following reasons: someone lost their license and had a difficult time getting to work on time, someone had severe bronchitis and missed a week of work, someone's mother was in critical condition in the hospital and he pretty much chose seeing his mother over coming in for work that weekend, someone else lost their job for putting a hole in a wall with a forklift but the hole was there before he got hired...there are many other people that get fired for stupid reasons. They also supposedly recycle - yeah right. They throw out so much stuff it's unbelievable. Employees themselves have in fact taken peoples' donations and taken them directly to the trash compactor and that was the end of that. This happens on a daily basis. When stuff does not get sold, it gets thrown out. If employees don't feel like putting newly priced donations onto the shelves, it gets thrown out. Sometimes employees will even break donated items just for fun before throwing them out. Another thing, all this crap about training people in need of skills is just that...crap. The only employees who have any kind of mental disability are the people who straigten clothes in the store all day and get carts from outside. They also get paid the lowest wages in the entire store. I think that that's hardly giving them any useful skills in the real world. Seriously though, next time you think about donating your stuff to Goodwill thinking you're doing something good for someone, think again. PLEASE take your stuff to somewhere that needs it, such as a homeless shelter. Better yet, instead of letting Goodwill "sell" (throw out) your crap, just sell it on eBay. That way, you know someone who might have wanted your stuff actually has it and is not being pushed into some landfill. Boycott this place at all costs.