https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-worst-corporation-in-_b_1...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-worst-corporation-in-_b_1...
https://www.comparably.com/companies/the-huffington-post/exe...
I provided factual information. The reader can draw their own conclusions.
Further, there is a hard cap on income before one loses certain disability benefits, so some disabled people will also be financially better off from being paid less.
I don't see any info in this article about the extent of disability Goodwill was working with, but more often than not these programs are not meant to exploit and really don't provide any material benefit to the company. There is certainly debate about whether the law allowing this is a net positive, but it's usually much more nuanced than a company just trying to get cheap labor out of a disadvantaged person.
In fact, the old Grandpa that started it took a nominal salary. When he died, the grandkids all took post in the company and raised their salaries by 10X to 50X.
I can put my money lots of places. This isn't one.
There are probably good ones, but there are enough bad ones (like these, some of the biggest) to avoid the whole class.
Give your money to GiveWell instead.