AARP reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(878 total reviews)

Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan

92% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

AARP has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 878 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The AARP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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878 reviews
2.0
Aug 26, 2013

Penny wise, Pound foolish

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it is like working at a government agency or insurance company

Cons

They hire IT people strictly by price and have no idea about competence. They hire the lowest priced person who isn't obviously unfit for the job. Nobody knows what they are doing so there are meetings galore to try to figure it out.

1.0
Feb 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits package is comparable to other large organizations. Very metro accessible, Nice offices.

Cons

Managers do not seem to know anything about the jobs their staff's do. Raises and promotions are given out to people that are friends with management. The organization reorganizes every year as a way to legally cut staff without firing them. Most staff is required to reapply for their jobs every year during these reorganizations. Management is never cut, only non manager and blue collar workers. Everything is designed to protect upper management and most of the important work is not being done anymore in favor of tap dancing for insurance company ads on their products.

1.0
Feb 24, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

...a paycheck in a recession.... any port in a storm right?

Cons

I don't have enough room ... incompetent Snr Team who acts like they invented sliced bread, obsolete systems and processes... politics galore where people fight over a bone with no meat on it, don't expect anyone to know how to spell "support" and expect everyone to try to grab any credit you may manage to get.... this is the poster child of the soul crushing place you see in movies. You won't believe it until you get to work somewhere where people know what they're doing. If you have the skin and cheery disposition of an angry rhino you'll be just fine. Two of my friends were contacted by recruiters for interviews and ran as fast as they could: they're TIRED of hearing me!!! Sorry to spoil it for you guys!

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