American Red Cross reviews

If you take a job with the Red Cross expect no job security. In the last five years there have been repeated rounds of restructuring and layoffs, resulting in insane amounts of turn-over and a staff that is more worried about their jobs than service delivery. Staffing levels are so low in the field that we struggle to manage day to day activities. Pay levels vs work load are very, very out of balance.

Every year leadership says "we need to get much better if we don't want more criticism and fines from FDA but we have made a lot of progress, it's amazing" . Every single year - it's the same. While market share has reduced every single year. No respect for the worker-ants. If you are manager and above you will get promotions with the exact same responsibilities and tasks, others will stay in the same spot for ever. The PDP process is a joke. Perfomance does not equal raise. All kinds of illogic is presented to avoid giving raises while some 'favorites' are taken care of consistently. Management very poor - not technologically inclined or smart, egoistic, lazy and can get envious of staff trying to rise. A lot of middle-aged women in all key leadership positions with ego issues. IT is full of people from India which is standard everywhere, not good or bad. Frequent layoffs and they will target people who are close to milestones like 10, 15 yrs or those who have raised valid concerns about the process, waste etc. Frequently change of leadership and frequent re-orgs in the name of streamlining and standardizing - none of it works because the people doing it are below-average. Upper management does not inspire any respect or trust. If you don't 'shake the boat' you can some job stability for a few yrs.