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Gail McGovern
875 Ratings
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Really feel like you are making a difference (in 54 reviews)
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Helping people gives you a sense of purpose (in 101 reviews)
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Work/life balance the scale will tip towards work (in 63 reviews)
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Upper management needs to be reined in (in 101 reviews)
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"Service agent 1"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at American Red Cross full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Easy work, some nice supervisors, good pay for type of work. Fun place to work for. Great benefits. Opportunity to move up.
Cons
Some supervisor are rude. You can get fired without warning or write up prior to knowing. The Job can get stressful.
Advice to Management
Get better trained supervisors
American Red Cross 2017-06-23 19:27 PDT -
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"Registered Nurse BSN"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at American Red Cross full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
I have a strong work enthic. I have had 12 years of either Managing or as an Instructor. I am anxious to learn new skills experience in the computer field. I do have some computer skills but most of the programs I learned were just for the American Red Cross. i have been a RN BSN since 1981 and have had a variety of experiences. I look forward to new challenges
Cons
I have worked at the American Red Cross and was promoted to many different jobs. I learned how to be an instructor, how to manage people, how to ensure a blood drive runs smoothly, and how to give good customer service. I don't think of these as cons but as knowledge I can pass on.
Advice to Management
I feel I have the skills you are looking for. I want to expand my nursing skills and knowledge .
American Red Cross 2017-06-19 06:54 PDT -
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"Solid job, high emotional labor but with reason"
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I worked at American Red Cross full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Purpose of job is incredibly important, staff was welcoming and engaging to work alongside, training was helpful
Cons
Emotionally demanding, high call volume- to low staffing ratio difficult to manage
Advice to Management
Be more cognitive of emotional labor liaisons use to perform work
American Red Cross 2017-06-12 09:12 PDT -
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"Volunteer at Red Cross"
Star Star Star Star StarRecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at American Red Cross part-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Very good place to volunteer
Cons
So far everything seems good.
American Red Cross 2017-06-13 15:00 PDT -
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"Good Place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at American Red Cross full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good place to work, always busy and good team members, good benefits.
Cons
Extremely low pay, not a lot of advancement opportunities
American Red Cross 2017-06-12 08:59 PDT -
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"Good Coworkers, not good for long-term"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at American Red Cross full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Feels like family, learn many different skills that transfer to other jobs.
Cons
They guilt you into working more and more by reminding you of "the mission". Your outside life doesn't matter to them. Management changes course frequently.
Advice to Management
Work/life balance for staff
American Red Cross 2017-06-06 13:57 PDT -
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"Rose colored glasses"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOPros
Many opportunities to learn different areas of the organization. Great history, passionate volunteers.
Cons
If you are frustrated by inefficient use of time and funds, go elsewhere. Volunteer your time or work here to be part of positive change. Money just feeds a pit.
Advice to Management
The CEO I worked for is personally the worst sociopath I have ever met. My advice- don't promote the power hungry. Remember the mission otherwise what is the point? If you're thinking the point is to get more touches and improve stats while diluting the real impact... then you're part of the problem.
American Red Cross 2017-06-06 21:21 PDT -
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"Instructor"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at American Red Cross part-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great opportunity to serve the community. The pay is good. A great part time gig on the side.
Cons
Management is beyond disorganized. As an instructor you will "utilize" 9 different websites for different tasks. Each with their own logins. Red Cross needs to stop trying out different sites for different things and pony up money to have 1 site to do it all.
Advice to Management
Have 1 single website designed to manage EVERYTHING.
American Red Cross 2017-06-08 14:07 PDT -
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"Morale is suffering"
Star Star Star Star StarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
The American Red Cross does good work and helps people in need. Depending on which chapter you're talking about, people may like their job perfectly well.
Cons
While the ARC has always used volunteers (of which I am one; that's not an option in "Employment Status"), management has decided that since there are many hardworking and skillfull volunteers (which is true), they would reduce paid staff in favor of volunteers stepping in, and thereby strengthen a difficult budget. This may be great in theory, but with reduced staff the remaining staff have a greater load and can no longer take care of things as quickly or as well as they used to. Morale has suffered.
Advice to Management
Re-consider the idea of replacing staff with volunteers. Very few volunteers indeed are willing to work full-time for coffee, and having many individuals trying to cover one person's work is both inefficient and ineffective.
American Red Cross 2017-05-28 22:59 PDT -
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"Apherisis Collections Specialist II"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at American Red Cross full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
A sense of giving back to help others.
Cons
Long hours, No life - work balance, All about the bottom line, No advancement, Poor/Bad Management ~ All talk , no Action, No Appreciation/Gratitude of Employees, Could go on, but why. Enough Said.
Advice to Management
Lead by example. Reward hard work. Appreciate employees. Provide life-work balance. Quit focusing on the bottom line and show you actually care about your employees.
American Red Cross 2017-06-18 13:19 PDT -
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