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Completely Lacking Integrity - Anonymous employee American Red Cross Employee Review

1.0
Feb 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are absolutely no pros to working for or with this organization as they are completely lacking in integrity

Cons

Where would one begin. After several years of leadership experience, this was absolutely I would have to say the worst organization I was ever affiliated with. To say they have any sort of leadership would be a compliment which I would refuse to extend to this pathetic and unethical organization who take money from giving people only to line the pockets of some of the world's worst managers. Leadership is stacked in favor of Gail McGovern who should simply be ashamed of herself.

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You feel connected to a larger mission, and go to bed knowing you did good work. Most of the volunteers are amazing people. The job is a good stepping stone to other disaster management jobs elsewhere. PTO policy is generous and Healthcare is decent.

Cons

You are INCREDIBLY overworked and GROSSLY underpaid. You get zero work-life balance. Even when you're not on call, you'll still get tons of calls from volunteers with questions and concerns. If a volunteer is unavailable to respond to a fire call or tend to any other responsibility day or night, you're on deck. You're salaried, so there's no overtime pay. Your pay barely covers the basic cost of living in today's economy ($40k-$50k). Diversity is bottom heavy, meaning there are lots of employees of color in entry level or lower management roles, but beyond that there's a steep drop off. Most of the volunteers are great, but the Red Cross is so desperate to keep them, that poor behavior and language (racist/sexist/phobic) is not properly disciplined or responded to, if at all. Employee retention is poor, especially in the Disaster Specialist role, because they burn you out so quickly without decent pay.

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