employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

American Red Cross

Is this your company?

American Red Cross reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,614 total reviews)
avatar

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).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews
3.0
Feb 7, 2015

Political Nightmare

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic mission, thorough training, and some really great people.

Cons

Politically charged. There is a lot of change happening right now within the organization. Much of this is restructuring of upper management. Office politics and back stabbing at its worst.

2.0
Jan 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The mission is a worthy one.

Cons

- technical support is out of date (in the one year I was there we changed cell phone providers twice and computer systems 3 times) - unclear goals and expectations - non cohesiveness between national and local boards - low pay - high turn over

2.0
Jan 23, 2015

Volunteer AmeriCorps

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with community and helping those in need.

Cons

Due to corporate downsizing paid positions are now volunteer positions. Many chapters and blood service offices throughout the country are shutting down.

Viewing 154 - 156 of 4,614 Reviews

Glassdoor has 5,271 American Red Cross reviews submitted anonymously by American Red Cross employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if American Red Cross is right for you.