The year Goodwill Omaha canceled Christmas

[Omaha Steve]

Interviews with the former employees reveal a deep frustration that starts with money — specifically, the six-figure salaries for the CEO and other executives — but then dives much deeper into what they see as the nonprofit’s broken culture.

COLUMN BY MATTHEW HANSEN

For one ex-employee, the final straw was the year Goodwill Omaha canceled Christmas.

In 2013, the Omaha nonprofit froze many employee salaries, according to former workers. It slashed retirement benefits. It hiked the amount workers had to pay for health insurance. And, as fall turned to winter, management made an announcement.

No longer would Goodwill Omaha departments hold holiday parties on the company dime, they announced. If employees wanted to celebrate, they could bring their own food and host a potluck.

This would have been perfectly fine, the ex-employee thinks — times were tight, after all, and remember this is a nonprofit — except that Goodwill Omaha did throw one Christmas party in 2013.

FULL story: http://dataomaha.com/bigstory/story/111/news/ex-workers-complain-of-a-profits-first-culture

[Skittles]

1. it's not just Goodwill

this is what is happening all around the country

the profits flow to the top

[Warren DeMontague]

2. OBAMA CANCELLED CHRISTMAS?

I KNEW IT!

[Ilsa]

3. I only give to locally run charities/stores because

of those charities being turned into a cash cow for execs.