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3.0
May 13, 2024
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Pros

Fast paced environment, physically demanding, if you like that kinda thing...

Cons

Very labor intensive position. Taking blood is a tiny part of this job. Its a lot of packing supplies, loading them into vans, weighing ice, unpacking at site, setting it up, then comes the blood drives. Lunches were hard to get depending on the manager on duty. Don't expect to have a life with his job, hours are all over the place as blood drives take place at different times. Drive time is also a factor. Sometimes, blood drives would be an hour away, making that a VERY long day to be back in 6 hours for another drive. Coworkers are very immature at this location.

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Pros

Great humanitarian mission, non profit

Cons

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1.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

- decent health insurance - helping people feels good. - depending on your chapter you can get good, flexible time - some volunteers are legit saints

Cons

- everyone on the inside doesn’t think things will meaningfully change, it’s systemic. - leadership is often out of touch in expectations and demands, while provide verbal support (at best), chronic understaffing, and focusing on what looks good (to media, PR, etc.). - turnover is extreme - on call is 24/7, volunteer capacity is dwindling especially in rural areas, we have to fill in the gaps, as a result you will be trapped in your area and cannot be good at your actual job. - the non-saint volunteers will treat you horribly, god forbid if you are a woman in this position, there’s a de-facto no firing policy on volunteers - pay is so bad is borders on funny, they gave me a raise this year for ‘merit,’ it was $750…for the year. My boss even laughed when telling me. - it’s a culture of management not leadership, so do not expect either honesty or accountability

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