Pros
Can't argue with the mission. Everyone has been or knows someone who has been touched by cancer. Good benefits. Nice co-workers.. For these things, I'd give it 4 to 5 stars. Also, other worthy non-profits have greatly benefited from the influx of talented staff leaving the ACS. I suppose that's a "pro".
Cons
Here's where the 1-3 star ratings come in. The ACS has been going through a protracted period of reorganization. Consultants were hired to provide guidance in helping the organization to "raise" more money by cutting expense. That way, more of the money goes to the mission and not staff salaries or redundant strategies and functions, right? Wrong! Instead, the ACS allowed hundreds of talented, experienced, knowledgeable, successful staff leave in droves while hiring those from the outside to come in and run the ACS like a Fortune 500 corporation. The problem is, that didn't resonate with who have provided monetary support or who depend on programs and services to assist in their cancer journey. The ACS seems to have lost touch with its constituency base and now can't figure out why support is declining. Instead of allowing successful programs and dvisions to continue to thrive and then focus to assisting divisions and programs that were struggling, the organizagtion rushed to merge into one legal entity and then regressed to the point of mediocrity nationwide. Although the ACS can't undo the damage that they've done, it must be becoming clearer and clearer to them that "transformation" was NOT a success. The brain trust that dreamed it up are all gone now (with their golden parachutes) leaving the rest to try to figure out what to do to pick up the pieces.