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American Red Cross

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Probably fine past training... - Blood Manufacturing Tech American Red Cross Employee Review

2.0
Dec 29, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Good start into lab work -Most people were nice

Cons

-Trainer did not bother to train new hires properly. She would watch us do new tasks, then tell us we did them wrong when checking our work. Took hour and a half long lunches and was 30-40 minutes late every day. -Was not allowed to leave work when my insulin site failed because my attendance was "too bad". Why was it so bad? Well I called out once for being sick, then had car troubles and called in possibly late and was honest about why. I was 10 minutes late, got written up while my trainer was 40 minutes late that day. -No disposable silverware and two sets of reusable that no one washed in the breakrooms, which says something about how much management cares about their employees I feel. -Latch to exit the -20 walk in was broken -No one cared about what they were doing or why. No one could answer why lymphocyte filtering had to be done in the refrigerator.

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

My experience working with the Red Cross has been great. The work is fulfilling and the people are passionate. Benefits are good - Kaiser is $6 a month!

Cons

There is work life balance, but there is an expectation to work nights and weekends.

2.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
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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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