Does Australian Red Cross pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Australian Red Cross employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Australian Red Cross. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Australian Red Cross?

60% of Australian Red Cross employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Australian Red Cross 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Australian Red Cross?

Volunteer (14) , Retail Assistant (9) , Store Manager (5) , Program Officer (4) , Project Manager (4) , Retail Volunteer (4) , Sales Assistant (4) , Shop Assistant (4) , Shop Volunteer (4) , Volunteer Retail Assistant (4) , Manager (3) , Retail Store Assistant (3) , Volunteer Coordinator (3) , Administrator (2) , Case Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at Australian Red Cross according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and place to work" ((in 25 reviews)); "Great flexibility and friendly staff" ((in 8 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good work life balance." ((in 5 reviews)); "there were flexible hours and allowed you pick your shifts" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Australian Red Cross according to real employee reviews?

"It really depends heavily on what your direct manager is like as to whether you'll have a good time." ((in 10 reviews)); "Little career progression" ((in 3 reviews)); "Poor leadership." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Australian Red Cross layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Australian Red Cross layoffs and their outlook for job security at Australian Red Cross in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Australian Red Cross locations?

Melbourne , Sydney , Brisbane , Perth , Adelaide , Wagga Wagga , Carlton , Newcastle , South Melbourne , North Melbourne , Darwin , Katherine , Marrickville , Oatley , Lismore , Albury , Werribee , Richmond , Williams , Cottesloe , Moonee Ponds , Dandenong , Prahran , Ballarat , Townsville , Warrnambool , Milton , Duncraig

Australian Red Cross reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(192 total reviews)

Kym Pfitzner

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45% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (192 reviews)

Australian Red Cross has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Australian Red Cross employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

192 reviews

1.0

Sep 29, 2024

Red Cross is a case study in incompetence, bullying and poor treatment

Content developer

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Business Outlook

Pros

While occasionally through the mismanagement, they did manage to raise some funds. With proper management they really could do some good.

Cons

- A culture of bullying and mistreatment. -RC hired people routinely only to stop them from doing their job and to put them through their constant revolving door of redundancies. - borderline corrupt with level of incompetence. - They’d hire expensive suppliers to do what inhouse people could have, only to make everyone redundant. - due to mismanagement RC wasted more funds than necessary. - Poor management of budget and preferential treatment of those who work in the Sydney office. - no vetting of new workers so open door for megalomaniacs and psychos who think they’re god’s gift to creative and business. - extremely incompetent decision making by management - eg, where those found to be culpable of bullying were kept on over others who weren’t. - an all round inhumane treatment of good people during redundancy (and in normal business practice for that matter). - RC don’t live up to their own values in house. - a terrible working experience all round.

2.0

May 23, 2024

Redundancies & Rolling Doors

Anonymous

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Business Outlook

Pros

-Great Benefits -Decent Disaster Response team - Some good people working in the rank and file

Cons

- New executives coming in & out every 6 months. Usually hired due to the 'who you know' factor instead of competency or any industry experience. -Redundancies left and right every 1.5 years like clockwork. It's never the executive team, that have ran the organisations profitability & sustainability into the ground. Its always the lowest paid hardest working employees that get the axe - The first aid program is a poor offering which somehow has managed to lose money for the last 10+ years

1.0

Aug 28, 2019

Toxic culture. Bullying is rife.

Anonymous employee

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Business Outlook

Pros

Worthwhile service delivery programs

Cons

Red Cross was the most toxic working environment I have ever worked in. Bullying by the senior management team is rife. Management align themselves with HR and deceive both HR and the Exec team. Senior managers get away with publicly screaming at staff & reducing staff to tears. There is widespread anxiety amongst staff and staff are expected to work extremely long hours. There have been two major restructures in the last year and significant redundancies. Staff are expected to adapt or threatened with losing their job. Staff are expected to absorb the workload of those who have been made redundant, taking away any semblance of work/ life balance. Red Cross does not care about the wellbeing of its staff. Choose a more worthy charity to work for.

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Jobs at Australian Red Cross

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Victoria

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Specialist - Data Analyst

Specialist - Data Analyst