Apple reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(43,025 total reviews)
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Tim Cook

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,025 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Apple employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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43K reviews
1.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It can be mildly exciting whenever a new product surfaces and you get to join co-workers in a collective ego massage at the keynote. Also at said keynote, workers sometimes get free product, and that is a bonus when it's the iPhone. There are coaches going back and forth to SF from Cupertino and back, which is a plus.

Cons

There has been a consensus for a long time, even its among top engineers, that Apple does not tend to promote people or compensate them fairly. Have you ever seen Apple on the Forbes 100 Best Places to Work?' Enough said. You will be just a number to them if you decide to join their ranks. The focus is purely on product and the bottom line, which of course is no surprise in the corporate world. But if you're a corporate hooch, I guess you won't mind that. 'Think Different!' Ahem. And here's some juicy gossip: Steve is afraid of donuts! How do I know? Because he banned them, along with balloons from Macs cafe. He also has a fear of buttons. Origin of this phobia - unknown. But here is what you should be afraid of my friends; the tendency that Apple and just about every company these days has to keep Permatemps. You may want to board the Mother Ship so badly it hurts, but take my advice and do it the regular way, through the Apple hiring process. Don't go through an 'agency.' Basically they are in the business of laundering...people. These are shady operations that are not even real companies and are in cahoots with Apple to deny you benefits or any basic rights, all while forcing you to do the same work and keep exactly the same hours as employees. For what? Surely not for your benefit.

5.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I get to work on the coolest projects and have a had in the future of technology. When I tell people I work at Apple, they know and respect the company. They get excited and ask questions. My coworkers are smart and driven. There is a lot of autonomy, and with that, responsibility.

Cons

The level of secrecy, while nothing compared to government secrets, is a huge impediment to getting work done. You aren't given the freedom to just go ask the most knowledgeable employee on a particular subject for advice if that employee has not be "disclosed" on a project.

3.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great engineering talent, attracts some great people that care deeply about what they work on. Brilliant people at both the executive level and down in the trenches.

Cons

Apple is extremely penny-wise and pound-foolish, which is not uncommon at many companies, but in particular, they are ridiculously stingy at providing adequate hardware for engineers. It's sad because we make the hardware. Many people have 3rd party CRTs and LCDs because they can't get Apple LCD monitors. Many hours are wasted when every engineer should have at least one loaded top-of-the-line Mac Pro to build and debug as quickly as possible. Apple also only rewards it very top people for the successes of the last 7 years. Even employees that get exceptional reviews get raises that are barely more than cost-of-living (5% is considered a large raise and same goes for bonuses). Many engineers are hired with no stock options and few are ever given out after that. Long-time employees made great sacrifices during the lean years, giving up benefits on an almost yearly basis. Now that Apple is successful, none of those benefits have been restored, although lately there has been a renewed emphasis on adding some new benefits, so perhaps they are finally seeing the light (or the increased attrition of late). Compensation is average for the industry (they will even tell you this is their goal), which is sad given they should be trying to attract the best and brightest and allowing them to share in the successes they create. At the same time, senior managment (deservedly so!) gets 50-100% bonuses every year and millions of shares in stock. It wouldn't kill them to hand out a few hundred options a year to highly performing individuals.

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