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      May this step be a brief one in your career. - Anonymous employee American Red Cross Employee Review

      2.0
      Apr 10, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      ARC has a great mission. The work environment is very casual. There are many women in local management.

      Cons

      National management makes poor decisions because they are out of touch with their local operations. Such as money saving measures will often cost more than previous models, or making demands of budgets that demonstrate they have not even looked at said budgets. In restructuring new positions were found for managers but staff was let go. Restructuring means job loses and that is painful for everyone. But don't fire a dozen of us and send emails asking us to congratulate our new vice president. Worse, announcements about restructuring and job loses are made several months before the specific details are available. That sort of uncertainty makes employee retention and productivity difficult. A big raise for the year is still less than inflation. Very expensive technology decisions are made by people who don't get tech.

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      American Red Cross Response
      12y
      We appreciate your review, and are happy to read your praise for our mission and commitment to diversity. Thank you for bringing to our attention the details of your experience during our recent restructuring, which occurred in response to ongoing changes in the biomedical industry. We agree that sensitivity and good communication are vital during such times of change, and are sorry to hear that this did not appear to be the case in your situation, as you described. We will pass this information on to our leadership team. In an effort to promote transparency, we encourage employees to attend our periodic Town Hall meetings, where they can get regular updates on organizational happenings, as well as pose questions such as those you posted here.

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      5.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great humanitarian mission, non profit

      Cons

      None, great place to work

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      1.0
      Jul 6, 2026
      Community disaster program specialist
      Recommend
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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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