The real poop on AARP - Senior Management AARP Employee Review

3.0
Sep 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Well compensated plus a pension vesting after 5 years 2. Some brilliant people including the current CEO 3. State offices do great work for Seniors 4. Huge reserves-- in the Billions. So financially stable. 5. A very worthy Foundation that does great work.

Cons

1. Current CEO while brilliant is not happy with dissenting opinions on anything and she may agree on something and then a week later say she never did and how dare you! 2. Too many lifers who don't really care to try new things. 3. Many there find it impossible to ever start new initiatives and to keep them going. 4. Employees can accuse others of mis behavior and their names are never revealed which leads to a lot of crazy accusations that are tough on the rank and file. 5. Getting promoted is often at the whim of the CEO.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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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
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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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