Company Profile
AARP
Company Overview
ABOUT AARP
AARP, headquartered in Washington, DC, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and over, dedicated to shaping and enriching the experience of aging for our members and for all Americans. Founded in 1958, we are today the nation’s largest organization of mid-life and older persons, with more than 39 million members. We provide information and resources; advocate on legislative, consumer, and legal issues; assist members to serve their communities; and offer a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for our members. AARP is ranked by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the most powerful grassroots organization in the country. Active in every U.S. state and territory, AARP celebrates the attitude that age isn’t just a number -- it’s about how you live your life.
AARP has approximately 2400 employees, 1400 in the Washington, DC area, 200 in our office in Lakewood, CA and approximately 800 in field offices in all 50 states, plus an office in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.
INTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD apply via our job site at www.aarpjobs.com. To find out more about AARP, please visit www.aarp.org.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Company History
History of the Organization
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired high school principal, founded AARP in 1958. AARP evolved from the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA), which Dr. Andrus had established in 1947 to promote her philosophy of productive aging, and in response to the need of retired teachers for health insurance. At that time, private health insurance was virtually unavailable to older Americans; in fact, it was not until 1965 that the government enacted Medicare, which provides health benefits to persons over age 65. Dr. Andrus approached dozens of insurance companies until she found one willing to take the risk of insuring older persons. She then developed other benefits and programs, including a discount mail order pharmacy service. Over the years NRTA heard from thousands of others who wanted to know how they could obtain insurance and other NRTA benefits without being retired teachers. After ten years, Dr. Andrus realized the time had come to create a new organization open to all Americans. Today, NRTA is a division within AARP.
Benefits
BENEFITS
In addition to competitive salaries, our benefits program includes health insurance (includes prescription drug and vision), dental insurance, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, domestic partner coverage, short and long-term disability, flexible work hours, 100% company funded pension plan, plus a 401k plan with company match and immediate vesting, $4000/year tuition assistance, three weeks vacation first year, child/dependent care flexible spending account, adoption assistance, medical flexible spending account, free on-site fitness center, subsidized cafeteria, Work/Life Program plus a 35 hour work week. Conveniently located one block from the Gallery Place/MCI Center Metro stop on the Red Line.