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- "The Red Cross volunteers are great people to work with and the chapters function much like a family unit." (in 356 reviews)
- "They’re training was good for those who never had phlebotomy experience before and even for those who were already a phlebotomist." (in 70 reviews)
- "Pay is low and when disaster strikes you have to be willing to man shelters with the volunteers." (in 227 reviews)
- "No work/life balance (it's required that you still check and respond to emails while on PTO)." (in 105 reviews)
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- 5.0Jul 23, 2023Disaster Program Lead SpecialistFormer EmployeeCharlotte, NC
Pros
Good work environment that is engaging.
Cons
You are a part of a larger organization so it can feel like you are insignificant at times.
- 2.0Sep 16, 2023QC Lab TechnicianFormer Employee, more than 1 yearMurray, UT
Pros
The feeling of helping others. There are benefits, but not great if you live in Utah where the company is still not unionized. They will hire you with no experience as a phlebotomist or lab tech.
Cons
There's a good reason why in every other state but Utah, ARC is unionized. The benefits without a union rep are awful, the wages are OK. Management treats you like livestock and couldn't care less about you as a person, they see you as purely expendable. Ridiculously, 'workplace politics' hold more weight than your work, and their training program sets up their workers for failure. Their turnover rate is sickening. If you work there for a year, you will see half the staff quit from how they were treated. Se*ual harassment is not taken seriously, HR doesn't do their jobs, and there is no remediation. Whistle blowing is punished.
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American Red Cross has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 4,586 reviews left anonymously by employees. 52% of employees would recommend working at American Red Cross to a friend and 50% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.
52% of American Red Cross employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated American Red Cross 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at American Red Cross to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be culture, senior leadership, management.