Director - Director AARP Employee Review

3.0
Jun 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

AARP is one of the few places that still has a pension plan and also offers a 401K.

Cons

AARP is too top heavy with upper management. They need more doers and thinkers and need to give that staff the support it requires to keep employees enthusiastic about their jobs. They do not often promote from within, though they claim they prefer to. If you are lucky enough to be promoted from in, they cap off your monetary promotion at 10%. So an outside candidate is likely to be paid much more for the same position you would have been promoted into.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great benefits even for interns like free lunch, reimbursed parking, hybrid work. good opportunities to network, hone your skills, and potentially get a permanent role within the organization.

Cons

long onboarding. lots of hr training.

2.0
Apr 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

benefits are strong - pension, vacation, sick, caregiving work life balance is generally good

Cons

AARP suffers from a serious toxic work culture, particularly in the IT and Digital Transformation departments. Leadership is atrocious. People leading the 2 key technology functions for the business are incompetent and ego maniacs. Both departments are extremely toxic with burned out employees and contractors. Money gets wasted in the extreme due to these factors. Constant signal switching on projects and priorities. Everyone you work with is unhappy. Bullying and retaliation are common. Avoid these departments in particular, but the whole organization is top heavy, with terrible leadership all around. Still there are some great and talented people, but it's not the norm, and senior leadership is wrought with incompetence and arrogance. The organization flails around endlessly, and blows money with no discipline or rigor to their work and methods. Think someone is juicing the Glassdoor numbers with people saying the place is great. No opportunity for growth. The organization tries to do good work, and does in many ways, but it's so poorly run that it severely hampers its potential.

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