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American Red Cross

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Started off great, but it reached the point where I didn't agree with upper management and their business decisions. - Donor Recruitment Representative American Red Cross Employee Review

2.0
14 Aug 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The mission is truly great. You join this place because you want to help make the world a better place and improve the quality of life for people struck by disaster.

Cons

Blood side: The decrease in revenue caused senior management to pressure the employees to the point of verbal abuse. They should look at laying off the management set in their ways rather than professional staff willing to make changes for the better (disclaimer: I was not laid off and lay offs were not in progress when I resigned.) Formal complaints to HR not acknowledged or resolved.

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Pros

Great humanitarian mission, non profit

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

- decent health insurance - helping people feels good. - depending on your chapter you can get good, flexible time - some volunteers are legit saints

Cons

- everyone on the inside doesn’t think things will meaningfully change, it’s systemic. - leadership is often out of touch in expectations and demands, while provide verbal support (at best), chronic understaffing, and focusing on what looks good (to media, PR, etc.). - turnover is extreme - on call is 24/7, volunteer capacity is dwindling especially in rural areas, we have to fill in the gaps, as a result you will be trapped in your area and cannot be good at your actual job. - the non-saint volunteers will treat you horribly, god forbid if you are a woman in this position, there’s a de-facto no firing policy on volunteers - pay is so bad is borders on funny, they gave me a raise this year for ‘merit,’ it was $750…for the year. My boss even laughed when telling me. - it’s a culture of management not leadership, so do not expect either honesty or accountability

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