It's a...Job. - Director AARP Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and pay; including a pension plan.

Cons

A LOT of micromanaging at the VP level (specifically in digital), lots of office politics and constant performance check-ins/quarterly reviews that seem completely unnecessary. Company does not support 100% remot work eventhough we managed it successfully for 2 years. Employees are required to come into the office 3 days a week for the sake of sitting in an empty office building; this company is NOT forward thinking - employees continue to leave the company in the masses. Zero "office culture" and low morale has been a constant theme for months.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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