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American Red Cross

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Consider alot of things - Community Disaster Program Manager American Red Cross Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Beginner-level Experience for EM Field. First Hand Experience. Networking.

Cons

In Disaster Cycle Services, Overwork and Burnout. It isn't easy to find downtime. Programs are constantly changing without notice. Some regions get different or delayed information than others—difficult finding growth at a professional level. Heavily metrics driven. Some staff view volunteers as just bodies to do the work. The budget is a mess of not properly funded equitably. Not much of a work culture. There is a disconnect between different departments. Sometimes it feels like you are working 3 jobs at the same time if you don't have enough volunteers.

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Position on G-Levels and on site

Cons

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2.0
Mar 15, 2026
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Pros

You feel connected to a larger mission, and go to bed knowing you did good work. Most of the volunteers are amazing people. The job is a good stepping stone to other disaster management jobs elsewhere. PTO policy is generous and Healthcare is decent.

Cons

You are INCREDIBLY overworked and GROSSLY underpaid. You get zero work-life balance. Even when you're not on call, you'll still get tons of calls from volunteers with questions and concerns. If a volunteer is unavailable to respond to a fire call or tend to any other responsibility day or night, you're on deck. You're salaried, so there's no overtime pay. Your pay barely covers the basic cost of living in today's economy ($40k-$50k). Diversity is bottom heavy, meaning there are lots of employees of color in entry level or lower management roles, but beyond that there's a steep drop off. Most of the volunteers are great, but the Red Cross is so desperate to keep them, that poor behavior and language (racist/sexist/phobic) is not properly disciplined or responded to, if at all. Employee retention is poor, especially in the Disaster Specialist role, because they burn you out so quickly without decent pay.

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