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American Red Cross

Is this your company?

It's not what you think when you hear the name American Red Cross. If I could give it no stars I would ! - Service Agent American Red Cross Employee Review

1.0
Mar 24, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The name of the company was good enough to to get me a better job! Was very happy to part ways with this company .

Cons

I was at this company for 3 years and I would like to be the first to tell you,they are all about donations and not taking no for a answer . You will be calling donor on a Sunday morning ,Christmas Eve, Easter and other days they feel is expectable. You have to learn to rebuttal and and come up with special way to trick the donor into donating a free pint of blood. If the donor is sick or cancel the appointment it makes your show rate go down and hurts your numbers . This job is very stressful for $10. The system make a lot of mistakes in calling the same donors that have already donated. The call system needs to be updated .The donor also make this job especially hard. Management wants you chain to a desk so they will bonus off the teams hard work. You won't feel appreciated by this company at all . They also coach you on your calls that are being recorded and make sure that you use every opportunity to get a blood donation . If your new they train you for a week then they throw you onto the call center floor. There is no consistency with this company . There is so much more I could say negatively about American Red Cross but I will leave it for other to experience and and write about . Good Luck!

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Cons

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Pros

You feel connected to a larger mission, and go to bed knowing you did good work. Most of the volunteers are amazing people. The job is a good stepping stone to other disaster management jobs elsewhere. PTO policy is generous and Healthcare is decent.

Cons

You are INCREDIBLY overworked and GROSSLY underpaid. You get zero work-life balance. Even when you're not on call, you'll still get tons of calls from volunteers with questions and concerns. If a volunteer is unavailable to respond to a fire call or tend to any other responsibility day or night, you're on deck. You're salaried, so there's no overtime pay. Your pay barely covers the basic cost of living in today's economy ($40k-$50k). Diversity is bottom heavy, meaning there are lots of employees of color in entry level or lower management roles, but beyond that there's a steep drop off. Most of the volunteers are great, but the Red Cross is so desperate to keep them, that poor behavior and language (racist/sexist/phobic) is not properly disciplined or responded to, if at all. Employee retention is poor, especially in the Disaster Specialist role, because they burn you out so quickly without decent pay.

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