American Cancer Society Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"A good place to begin a career in counseling"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"You really are helping patients who need it at this critical time in life."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Low salary"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Higher salaries, more career opportunities"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Working with volunteers to achieve the mission. I development new programs and products and saw them implemented to raise money to fund research for the cure of cancer."

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

"Take your time and think through all the questions before answering."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"They don't hire enough staff and they tend to burn out the staff they have."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be involved with the people who work for you. If you know how people work then you can surround yourself with the right people to be successful."

"Excellent accountability, volunteers, colleagues but at the time compensation was extremely low with no growth opportunity"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Believed in the cause and saw first hand the good that the organization did."

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

"As this was a position held in the mid 1990's, I hesitate in offering tips based on hw the organization is run."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Little growth opportunity and consistant turnover of staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better team atmosphere with opportunity for growth within the organization"

"They did not undeerstand the real purpose of working in the field"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Meeting people"

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

"Good place to start, but not for lnog term career"

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"The boss did not understand simple concepts like working with computers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring yourself up to date with the times"

"very good"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Very friendly environment and flexible"

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

"Go for it"

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"little barring"

"Very interesting"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"I enjoy that I am out in the field and get to work one on one with passionate volunteers in the community."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"I do not like the instability of the office and the extreme hours."

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"I enjoyed working for a great cause, amazing camraderie (my fellow employees and volunteer groups were fantastic) and worthy success."

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"I like the working for a cause."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"I am traveling 75% of the time"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To cut down on travel"

"Great experience."

"Work is life...life is work!!!"

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Knowing that when I go home for the day, everything I've done during the course of that day has helped someone."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"When I go home for the day, it's often 12 hours after I started the day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There is much talk of work-life balance, but no one seems to have any."

"Organizations always change - not always for the better."

What do you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Great cause and potential to do some real good for people."

What don't you like about working at American Cancer Society?

"Recent changes in management have led to massive program cuts while stepping up fund raising demands. We are asking for more and giving less back. Public are starting to notice and ask why - that's a hard question to answer when standing there with my hand out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back to the mission. Focus on what people need and not just what you can get from them. The decision to spend some brand equity will hurt in the long run."