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American Red Cross

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Just hope you never need blood. - Donor Collections Assistant American Red Cross Employee Review

1.0
23 Aug 2014
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Pros

The staff was pretty cool. I'm still friends with a few of them.

Cons

The other reviews seem to have the problems with the management structure down. I got a few laughs from those. Thanks guys. My main problem, potentially leading to my resigning, was the fact that they didn't seem to care one bit about the health hazards pertaining to the blood supply. The main factor in that is a combination of poor training and lack of knowledge in senior, supposedly experienced staff. I wonder how many bags of blood were considered "good enough" when I wasn't there to inform my colleagues that the product is, in fact, contaminated and potentially fatal to the recipient. I tried though. I tried to report it to management and attempted to "initiate a problem," but was essentially told that a problem isn't a problem unless it's a "problem." That is, when it's "investigated." The funny thing is, I never saw an investigation or, at the very least, a clarifying memo to explain the procedure to the ignorant staff that refused to listen to me. (Best part: after six years of employment, I ended up with a relapse into a severe anxiety disorder that inevitably made me stop going to work altogether. I got myself some help and attempted to reapply, but have seemingly been blacklisted from any and all Red Cross departments.)

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5.0
16 Apr 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
15 Jun 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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