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American Red Cross reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,614 total reviews)
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Gail McGovern

68% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

American Red Cross has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,614 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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5K reviews
2.0
Apr 23, 2017

Unrealistic Goals

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, tight-knit team, working for a good cause

Cons

Chronic staff shortages destroy goodwill with communities, compensation based on unrealistic goals

1.0
Mar 15, 2017

don't donate to this company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

none. none at all. the entire organization is managed by some really not very good people.

Cons

don't be fooled. just because this company has been around forever, it doesn't mean it's an ethical organization. they treat volunteers and low-level employees like crap. if you complain, they get rid of you. if you notice that things are not right, you're rewarded for turning a blind-eye to it....I wouldn't trust this organization. if you give blood, they sell it to hospitals to pay salaries. if you donate money, it pays MOSTLY salaries. the money they give to people when their houses burn down is marginal. there aren't that many home fires where they give people money. AND, when there is a major disaster, the money goes towards mostly volunteers traveling to give away food and other things that it got for free, and again for SALARIES. the only thing i'd give to them is advice. get rid of the CEO, upper management, and all those people who DON"T REALLY CARE about people. Ok....well, that means they'll need to start all over again. the only people remaining may just be the volunteers. if the red cross fired ALL upper management and hired volunteers to replace them, i will retract this review. also, if you look at the reviews in here -- they're done by red cross people who were successful--it's management reviewing management.....

2.0
Feb 15, 2017

Mission vs Mgt

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great regular employees and volunteers. No one hires them better. Hearts of gold. They care about humans. Knowledgable and skilled. Good transferable skills for many field.

Cons

Awful management. A few good ones but most should be in business rather then non-profit. Management makes it difficult to complete the mission.

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