Hard work poor renumeration - Manager Oxfam Employee Review

1.0
Aug 19, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

You get to meet a diverse range of people. It can be quite creative You sometimes find donated items that can make a large amount of money for the charity

Cons

It’s physically hard work - sometimes carrying 80 bags of donations a day You have to work long hours which you are frequently not paid for The pay is poor, particularly for the level of responsibility that is expected of you The quality of donations can frequently be extremely poor, i.e. dirty, unsafe and unsanitary and you still have to sort through them You are frequently not supported by management if something goes wrong Poor progression opportunities

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