American Red Cross Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The American Red Cross is a great place to volunteer!! :-) I did not earn an income. I was a volunteer leader."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Good training and support for community and for volunteers."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The mission and sense of useful purpose. The technical challenges."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The politics that distract from the mission."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"FOCUS!"

"A dysfunctional not-for-profit."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"I enjoyed with some of the people at ARC and most of the people I met while arranging blood drives."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Use your interview at the ARC as a practice round and continue to interview elsewhere."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"It was at best a dysfunctional, disorganized not-for-profit with many of the upper management teams overwhelmed and incompetent at their positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change has to start from the top down."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Relaxed atmosphere."

"Stable organization but bureaucratic."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Tracking disaster recovery funds."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Large bureaucratic agency."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn the purpose of the organization"

"Contracted interim position."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Absolutely agree with the organization's mission."

"Great place to do good."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"I was able to meet new people and recruit for blood donors which I knew was helping to save lives."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a passion for what you are doing and understand that you are helping people though indirectly."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"I don't think management treated their employees well."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to ideas from your employees since they are know first hand what is the problem and hear the complaints from sponsors."

"Trying to better blend the business side with a non-profit."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The scope of the job and the responsibilities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a creative thinker."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The micro-management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To let middle managers make their own hiring and firing decisions and take individual design decision input into account."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Helping people every day."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have more meetings."

"Great and helpful organization."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The opportunity to work for Armed Forces emergency services as a caseworker."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, it's a great organization to work for."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The hours were not great. Midnight shift mostly."

"The American Red Cross was a great place to learn and grow."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Working with people & teaching."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't, unless you have no other choice."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Liars, cheats & hypocrites."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Know your leadership."

"Honest review of an Orange County non-profit - you get what you're paid for."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The mission of helping people prepare, prevent and respond to disasters."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are a person who does not mind micromanagement or a team that does not have a solid focus - extreme ambiguity - then this might be a place for you. Beware the politicking however."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"The executive management allows rumors, backstabbing and lying amongst the staff. They do not lead their staff, the let the staff lead them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should be replaced and new management set in place to save the organization in Orange County."

"ARC has both good (gratification, self satisfaction) and bad (internal politics, public image) issues."

What do you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Some very devoted people, outgoing, concerned and easy to work with. Self satisfaction levels with work accomplishments were very high."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be wary of policy changes/reversals and document, document, document."

What don't you like about working at American Red Cross?

"Frustration with some poorly defined or varying goals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Eliminate the inconsistencies caused by internal politics and cronyism."