Excellent organization that assists older workers to find employment opportunities by training at host agencies. - Enrollee AARP Employee Review

4.0
17 Nov 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Provide agencies that allow you to train in order to become employable. Provide computer basic training and a Job Club to help you become proficient in interviewing and job search skills. They help older qualifying senior citizens (age 55 and older), with opportunities to learn new skills by assigning you to a host agency that needs help.

Cons

Most training positions are for only 6 months at a time. However you can sometimes remain in the host agency a lot longer with approval. Most of the time, you are transfered to another host agency after 6 months. Also, the training courses are limited that are offered by AARP/SCSEP in their office.

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5.0
28 May 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
2 Apr 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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