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Noble Mission, Horrible Loyalty to Employees - Anonymous employee American Cancer Society Employee Review

3.0
Jun 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. Amazing PTO (around 25 days your first year, plus birthdays and floating holidays. 2. Beautiful building in a great location downtown. Ample dining and shopping in the immediate area. 3. Frequent employee appreciation events (too bad the sentiment is mostly hollow).

Cons

1. Horrible sick leave policy. You can only take sick leave if your doctor prescribes at least 5 consecutive days in a row, not including weekends. So you basically have to get sick on a Saturday, see your doctor on a Sunday, and convince him or her to recommend you for sick leave Monday through Friday (no matter the severity of your condition). Otherwise, you will be met with the canned phrase, "That's why we have such a generous PTO policy!" 3. Absolutely terrible waste of in-house talent. They consistently snub highly qualified and loyal internal candidates for external candidates. And while they have no problem hiring certain POC, they definitely have a huge problem promoting certain POC to leadership roles. The corporate leadership is startlingly white, which wouldn't be such a big deal if the organization weren't headquartered in Atlanta, a city where being highly melanated isn't supposed to be disadvantageous. 4. Below average pay and an unwillingness to promote professional development. If you were hired as a peon, you'll likely stay a peon until you find opportunities elsewhere or until you get fired. 5. TRANSFORMATION, aka frequent mass layoffs of the most loyal employees, regardless of the many years of work they've done. Every two or three years they layoff large numbers of employees because donations are dropping year after year, yet they still somehow manage to pay millions of dollars to the CEO and hundreds of thousands of dollars to the directors with donor money.

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5.0
Feb 4, 2026
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Pros

Benefits package is great: medical, dental, vision, 403B, plenty of PTO Leadership is very easy to speak to, direct supervisors are always available and accommodating Schedule changes and requesting time off is never an uphill battle, they try their best to accommodate your needs and if they're unable to, offer alternatives and keep you apprised of when they will be able to. GREAT work life balance

Cons

Pay could be higher No annual bonuses (although there are performance awards)

3.0
Jul 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Mission-driven work so feels like you are helping the world, your core team can be very collaborative and supportive, flexible remote work, good PTO and work / life balance.

Cons

Management makes or breaks the culture, when I first started it was a great place to work, then the shift in management changed a lot over the years. Currently, I would not recommend anyone to work here. The pay does not keep up with the cost of living, and no matter how much you go above and beyond, you will not see any change or recognition (title change, pay bumps, nothing). It is a stagnant place to work. Leadership asks for our thoughts every quarter, knows what people are unhappy about, and doesn't do much or anything about it. Instead they are constantly restructuring the organization and there is no stability or consistency in processes or communication.

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