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American Red Cross

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Top-heavy organization - Technical Trainer American Red Cross Employee Review

3.0
Mar 2, 2026
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Pros

Gail McGovern is wonderful, and this organization has a great internal training department.

Cons

In general, this organization is way too top-heavy. Too many "Senior" managers collecting huge paychecks, while the little guy scrapes by. Some managers move the goal post, or tell you that the goals were too easy, and to avoid paying for excellence. Men are rewarded in many areas, while equal women are stifled. Unfortunately, none of this information ever gets to the top, because you have misogynistic men in the way, who are looking to promote only men.

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Cons

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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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