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American Red Cross reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,619 total reviews)
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Gail McGovern

69% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

American Red Cross has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,619 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The American Red Cross employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Jan 15, 2011

Live The Mission

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You cannot beat the mission. If you want a job where you can make a difference every single day, this is it. Benefits are great and pay is very competitive.

Cons

Sometimes it would be nice to know where we are going in the long term. I love what I do and want to do it for a long time and want to know that it will be there to do for a long time.

1.0
Jan 14, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Working for an amazing cause; literally helping to save lives on a daily basis. -Decent compensation for a non-profit with a generous incentive program. -Medical/Dental/Vison

Cons

-Complete lack of professionalism permeates executive management team, which filters down and translates to extremely low employee morale and high attrition rate. -No work/life balance including limited PTO/sick time. -Severe lack of resources necessary to be successful in the job. -Lack of career development or professional growth opportunities. -Spotty benefits include lack of 401(k) match, no educational assistance, and low level company paid life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability.

3.0
Jan 13, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

If you get lucky enough to have a great supervisor like I did, it was a good place to work. Upper management doesn't have a clue what we do, and are very negative and untrusting towards the reps. Our supervisor was the buffer, and if it weren't for her, most of the sales force would probably leave. Work from home, and the benefits and vacation are excellent.

Cons

Very stressful. Upper management is horrible. Upper management pounds on the supervisors and makes it very uncomfortable. They set unrealistic goals to achieve. Be ready for everything to be your fault if a blood drive cancels because of something out of your control, ie., weather, shooting, etc. That's your fault, and you're expected to make up the units of blood that won't be collected.

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