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3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,609 total reviews)
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Gail McGovern

68% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

American Red Cross has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,609 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 ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Aug 14, 2008
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Pros

high level of autonomy - opportunities for leadership - legendary and resilient brand - decent pay

Cons

massive deficit - massive organizational structure - micro-managing board - a legacy of poor board and leadership decisions - IT woes - staggering deficit - still reeling from layoffs - lingering mistrust between chapters and national

1.0
Aug 12, 2008
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Pros

for the American RedCross ..none there is a "waste " of donated income in satisfying salary requirement for, suposedely, ad-honorem Board member positions. who are taking care of the " International Insititution" as a personal company, just taking value on the appearances and not in real productive field work!. lack of the universal and independance principles, due to having been too closely related to Armed Forces, which gives to the Principle of Universality and Neutrality a bad name internationally, There is the main reason wem the American Red Cross, have lost it " prestige" we once had with our sister federartions

Cons

lack of the universal and independance principles, due to having been too closely related to Armed Forces, which gives to the Principle of Universality and Neutrality a bad name internationally, There is the main reason wem the American Red Cross, have lost it " prestige" we once had with our sister federarations,\ if they really beleive in the Priciples, their performance should be towards inproving our acctions towards our communities ( groups) not individuals

4.0
Aug 6, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits packages are excellent. Not only are they inexpensive, but they are easily accessible through Human Resources if you have any dilemmas. The pay seems to be competetive with similar positions in other companies. It is easy to take pride in your work knowing that everyday you are saving lives. Most of the people that you work with are decent folks. Loyaly to the employees on just about every level is definitely above average. There are plenty of "personal time off" days given to each employee. They are accrued mostly through time worked and increase with time. After 4 years I have about 5 weeks per year PTO.

Cons

I have noticed throughout my time under the umbrella of the American Red Cross that often promotions are given to individuals that are less qualified than others due to favoritism. Communication between different levels, whether from national to regional or region to district, is sometimes non-existent. The breakdown comes from a constant overload of changes that we bring on ourselves in order to make ourselves better. It is done in good conscience but without any forethought to the follow through or consequences of said changes. Many times the changes fail to go through in some regions or districts and then becomes a huge problem due to that lack of communication. Also at times the changes contradict other changes that have been implemented which makes it impossible to do the job correctly.

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