As ane Employment Specialist I'm kept busy finding jobs for program participants. - Employment Specialist AARP Employee Review

4.0
Sep 23, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

It's very satisfying when you find jobs for Participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program. You're often called on to help people 55 and older who are not computer savy at all and sometimes you have to drag them kicking and screaming into the 21st century but you have to be patient and handle them carefully and patiently.

Cons

The program only lasts for four (4) years and the pay is the pits but that bwcause the SCSEP is paid for by the U.S. Dep't. of Labor and is meant to teach new skills to program participants in order for them to find employment that is bot subsidized by the government.

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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

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2.0
Apr 2, 2026
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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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