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American Red Cross

Is this your company?

You really don't want to work here. - Senior Software Engineer American Red Cross Employee Review

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

It's an important organization that does valuable work for the community. Pension plan, if you've been here 5 years or more.

Cons

Upper and middle management appears to be incompetent, from my prospective anyway. Recent staff cuts mean everyone's workload has increased. Small annual increase in salary and no bonuses. Little or no company paid training due to lack of money in the budget. Bureaucracy hampers productivity. Technology used to control and monitor employees, rather than enable them to be more productive. Downtown D.C. location means a long commute and costly parking.

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

My experience working with the Red Cross has been great. The work is fulfilling and the people are passionate. Benefits are good - Kaiser is $6 a month!

Cons

There is work life balance, but there is an expectation to work nights and weekends.

4.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Flexible remote hours, supportive team that treats volunteers as contributors rather than interns, and a low-pressure environment

Cons

Tooling is limited compared to corporate environments — primarily Excel-driven, so you won't get exposure to modern BI stacks (Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake) unless you bring them in yourself. Data sources are inconsistent (legacy .xls files, manual exports requiring conversion), so expect clean-up work.

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