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American Red Cross reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(4,609 total reviews)
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Gail McGovern

69% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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
Jul 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Mission and the people served; some great co-workers; legacy and the profile of the brand

Cons

Hostile environment; change and results are superficial; wasted resources; popularity contest in decision making; gets worse the closer one gets to the senior management team

1.0
Jun 23, 2015

Disorganized

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

401 K, paid bi-weekly, Health benefits, vision benefits

Cons

Salary, disorganization, dishonesty, old technology, lack of communication, unqualified management in leadership positions, no advancement opportunities

2.0
Jun 11, 2015

Love my job, despise how the company is run

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The majority of our donors are great and friendly people who want to donate out of the kindness of their heart. Most of the employees are very friendly and easy to get along with. The Red Cross will train you how to do the job, there is no medical background required to be a phlebotomist which is great.

Cons

The insurance is garbage. The insurance is even worse if you are in a non union position. The union is the only thing keeping the wages high, and locally and nationally they have been trying to destroy the union for years. The Red Cross is going through a very rough patch as a whole. Google, "NPR Red Cross" to find the investigative story about how they wasted $500 million in Haiti, and likewise with Katrina and other disasters. They are constantly "Restructuring" the organization, which means they are eliminating a lot of positions in order to save money, they even just eliminated nearly every CEO position in the company to make up for the $100 million deficit in 2015. I absolutely love my job, but hate the way the company is run. I could go on for a long time, but simply put: The American Red Cross is a "humanitarian" organization that treats its employees horribly.

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