Horrible - Anonymous employee American Red Cross Employee Review
1.0
May 29, 2014
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 10 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Knowing that you are helping save people's lives
Cons
The politics are horrible and you have to have a friend in high places to move up in the company. If you aren't in the right clique, you are treated horrible and different from others. They don't treat everyone the same, there is blatant favoritism
American Red Cross Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad to hear that you took satisfaction in our life-saving mission. The Red Cross is committed to fair and equal employment practices; furthermore, we do not tolerate mistreatment in the workplace. We encourage employees with such concerns to reach out to their HR Advisors or our anonymous Concern Connection line, the numbers for which may be found on our intranet site. We are always striving to improve our organization and thank you for your feedback. It will be passed along to our leadership team.
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.
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.