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American Red Cross

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Constant change but very rewarding work. - Regional Chief Operating Officer American Red Cross Employee Review

3.0
Sep 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Family oriented, pet friendly, great colleagues.

Cons

Low salaries, non-existent work-life balance.

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American Red Cross Response
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Thank you for your review; we're glad to hear you enjoy your colleagues and office environment. We also thank you for your suggestions concerning salaries and work/life balance. We are always looking for new and creative avenues to reward and compensate our employees while also being responsible stewards of our donors' dollars; furthermore, we recognize that work/life balance is crucial to employee satisfaction and retention. We pass along all of our Glassdoor feedback to our leadership team, and appreciate your comments.

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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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