Pros
Helping others through education and increasing blood donations. The ARC has many different divisions SAF (Service of Armed Forces, Biomedical, Disaster Relief, etc). The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Cons
There is no 40 hour work week. It is 60+ hours, if you're lucky. Account Managers are the only employees held financially accountable for achieving goals. You can work 70 hours and receive only 40 hours pay and bust your butt, but if the collections staff doesn't like you (which they won't due to poor management) you will NEVER achieve your goals. Collections staff can shut down blood drives, defer your donors, all the while getting paid to make your life miserable. There should be some type of personality testing to "weed" out the negative people who thrive on hurting others. Some of the people in charge here only want to see others fail. Kind of crazy considering what a great organization the ARC is and how many different ways the ARC impacts people globally. Very sad and disheartening knowing that upper level management wants to blame one side (donor recruitment) and praise the other (collections). Absolutely bewildering!!! You give and give and give, and they take and take and take.