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      3.3

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (4,609 total reviews)
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      Gail McGovern

      68% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Senior management

      American Red Cross has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,609 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The American Red Cross employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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      5K reviews
      2.0
      Oct 25, 2008

      would you like to work long hours with little compensation for doing a good job?

      Phelbotomist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      you are doing a job that makes a difference in peoples lives, It is great to interact with the blood donors and hear the stories of why they started donating.

      Cons

      it is the most thankless job out there, management does not care about you at all. When you pick up an extra day or go the extra mile you may get a thank you.

      4.0
      Oct 14, 2008

      Still a decent place to work with good benefits.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      For NHQ and most chapters: The benefits package is quite good (even a pension plan, though I believe it's been somewhat reduced), sense of fulfillment in your work.

      Cons

      Wasteful spending, fighting between chapters and NHQ, fighting within NHQ, initiatives that get launched with great fanfare only to decline soon after with not much ROI. They need to stick with and support one CEO for at least a 5-year term to carry through what gets started. Not only that, but each new CEO flushes out the old deputies and brings in the new. Every year or so for the past 7 years, we've had no one steady at the CEO and positions directly under the CEO.

      2.0
      Oct 2, 2008

      She is doing the best she can, following Katrina

      Cdv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      flexibility with outside obligations (i.e. - school, children, MD appointments, caring for aging parents), personal satisfaction in assisting those less fortunate (working in the food pantry or in disaster services, assisting those that have lost most of their personal possessions.), Autonomy in your work, self-directed, self-managed goals.

      Cons

      very little leadership, poor quality leadership, hardly any support from supervisors, left to flounder when called to defend your work, not defended by your direct manager. Too much autonomy, no direction provided. most jobs are a combination of 2-3 positions - i.e. too much work crammed into not enough time. No auxillary support.

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