American Red Cross reviews

- The complete failure of upper management to understand the mission, to tell the story and to listen to those who do! - Financial Development has become so separated from chapter operations that they do not understand the programs. They cannot sell something that they never get to experience. Their goals are unreasonable and then they are re-evaluated and raised during Q3 every single year. - Staffing structure - Just keeping the lights turned on has everyone racing at disaster operation level everyday. How can they possibly scale up more when the an actual disaster strikes? How much time can they give to supporting, engaging and retaining volunteers? - The financial crisis is incapacitating every line of service. - The community well water is poisoned. Volunteers left with all of the responsibility and none of the support or explanation become disenfranchised very quickly. They feel betrayed by something that they have only ever tried to support and they spread the word. Community partners are hesitant to work with us because the reputation that precedes us does not inspire confidence. Government partners do not have time to waste and they only see constant turn-over leaving perpetually unmet commitments. The mission cannot be met without these collaborate partnerships and that means unmet annual goals and Performance Improvement Plans.

VERY low pay VERY long hours with VERY unreasonable expectations High turnover, been here less than a year and 4 people have quit out of my office alone Executives make 6 figure salaries with bonuses while most of the management level work horses earn closer to 35k so there is a massive pay gap No opportunity for advancement and no raises.....ever Often times they will hire outside the organization rather than promote their own Aside from house fire cases, we only really provide services that arent really needed like handing out water to firefighters EXTREMELY disorganized...Ive never ever seen an organization that doesnt even know what vehicles they have or where they are They claim to have "service to armed forces" as a primary mission, but charge PTO days for military training, so as a reservist, Im on average 3 days in the hole every year before I even make my PTO days. Dont plan on training when you get to your job. Most of us got thrown in with no guidance whatsoever Volunteers tend to be self centered and you have to stroke their egos to get them to do anything or they threaten to quit