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American Red Cross

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Consider alot of things - Community Disaster Program Manager American Red Cross Employee Review

1.0
22 Jun 2024
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Pros

Beginner-level Experience for EM Field. First Hand Experience. Networking.

Cons

In Disaster Cycle Services, Overwork and Burnout. It isn't easy to find downtime. Programs are constantly changing without notice. Some regions get different or delayed information than others—difficult finding growth at a professional level. Heavily metrics driven. Some staff view volunteers as just bodies to do the work. The budget is a mess of not properly funded equitably. Not much of a work culture. There is a disconnect between different departments. Sometimes it feels like you are working 3 jobs at the same time if you don't have enough volunteers.

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5.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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
15 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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