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American Red Cross

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Great company culture, top heavy salaries - Communications Manager American Red Cross Employee Review

4.0
21 Jul 2023
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Pros

Great company culture. There are culture groups you can join, professional leadership groups based at the national level and regionally, and leadership are generally easy to talk to. It is the first place where I truly loved my job and the people I worked with everyday. If you are okay with staying at the same pay scale and the same position for a long time (3-5 years) before you are even lucky enough to be promoted, then you will thrive here for years.

Cons

Salary and pay scales are top heavy. At the national level people are typically provided a higher pay rate upon entry compared to the people at the regional level working in the field carrying out mission work. You have to be one of the lucky ones to get promoted to a national position or you have to move to a new department in order to get paid more.

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great humanitarian mission, non profit

Cons

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1.0
6 Jul 2026
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Pros

- decent health insurance - helping people feels good. - depending on your chapter you can get good, flexible time - some volunteers are legit saints

Cons

- everyone on the inside doesn’t think things will meaningfully change, it’s systemic. - leadership is often out of touch in expectations and demands, while provide verbal support (at best), chronic understaffing, and focusing on what looks good (to media, PR, etc.). - turnover is extreme - on call is 24/7, volunteer capacity is dwindling especially in rural areas, we have to fill in the gaps, as a result you will be trapped in your area and cannot be good at your actual job. - the non-saint volunteers will treat you horribly, god forbid if you are a woman in this position, there’s a de-facto no firing policy on volunteers - pay is so bad is borders on funny, they gave me a raise this year for ‘merit,’ it was $750…for the year. My boss even laughed when telling me. - it’s a culture of management not leadership, so do not expect either honesty or accountability

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