American Cancer Society Employer Reviews

a typical day at work would be answering phones, filing papers and data entry/ i learned that you can help people even when you are not directly interacting with costumers. the job was not hard at all.

Rewarding cause. Challenging work. A great deal of interaction with the public and volunteer recruiting and training.

Great experience! Co-workers were very helpful and great educators. My desire to integrate my love for education and desire to work within the non-profit spectrum planted here.

There is absolutely no work-life balance. As an income development representative you will work a minimum of 60 hours per week. Management is inexperienced and incompetent. There was very low morale among the IDRs in my region, in fact four quit in the four months I was there, no one had been there longer than a year, and many others were planning their – more...  exit. Beware especially if you have a high profile event. There are many politics and you will get pushed out. Many great people quit or were fired due to the politics. It's a shame that the ACS is unable to treat their employees with the same level of respect as their volunteers. – less

typical day, prepared summary reports, post reports, financial documents, coordinated office intern and volunteer, customer service order entry, maintain office client files, referral of books, bulletin or cancer documents.

Wonderful and rewarding! A great place to work. Being able to make a difference in the lives of those struggling with the effects of cancer. Setting out to reduce disparities in healthcare.

Very productive and passtionate environment! Loved the passion of volunteers and how everyone is supportive of others!

I learned how to leverage relationships with sponsors, donors, and volunteers. The most enjoyable part of the job was raising money for cancer services to patients and their families.

Volunteer each year for the Relay for LIfe walk.
This is an inspirational event for the whole family to experience.

I have been able to Volunteer with the American Cancer Society for the past 6 months and have been encouraged to see the fruitful and beneficial work that is done there.

As a volunteer, the American Cancer Society offers various ways to support their cause

STAY AWAY. Management turns people over and is awful to ALL their staff. Disgusting.

This organization is a great place to build up business development skills.

This was perfect for me in college, I never had worked with kids before but I love it and they are amazing.

A wonderful group of people who care about fighting cancer and who work well together as a team.

Volenteering at the Americn Cancer Society is a soul forfilling job. I am surronded by cancer patients who's hopes and desires is to be cured; yet they seem to bring so much job to your day and and your life.

I worked as a student intern with the American Cancer Society (ACS) for the several months. The non-profit organization has the best interest of the constituents at heart, and I rated them highly on all categories listed above, with the exception of job security/advancement. The reason that I did not rate this category as highly as I did other categories – more...  is because, from what I've witnessed, upward mobility takes a while with the ACS. Also, only those who the ACS feels are truly qualified to advance are offered job promotions, and one must really prove themselves to the company through much hard work and, at times, too much work to be considered for a promotion. Overall, I would definitely work for this company! – less

Alot of Events throughout the year, and looking towards their 100 birthday in this next year.

Although this is a non-profit don't be fooled the work environment is very much corporate. That means there is accountability and you can't get away with wasting time all day.

What I love about the company is all the paid days off you get. When I first started I got 25 days paid off per year and for each year I would get more. At the time of this writing – more...  now I get 30 paid days off per year, what a deal!

A downside though is people come and go and to tell you the truth I would've left this job earlier if it wasn't for all the paid days off. Every winter there's a layoff round and I always get nervous before thanksgiving as it usually happens then. – less

New personnel caused a lot of confusion with the first attempt at MSABC Walk in Montgomery.