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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (43,003 total reviews)
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      Tim Cook

      86% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Senior management

      Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,003 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
      2.0
      May 22, 2008

      Steve Jobs Dictatorial Style Trickles Down

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It's great for the resume. Better still, it's a great way to meet lots of people who will ultimately move around within the industry -- an excellent way to build a professional network. In addition, you will have lots of opportunity to practice working in a somewhat chaotic, but often creative workplace, and to benefit from the genius of Steve Jobs.

      Cons

      It is essentially a dictatorship, and not a benevolent one. At the exec level, the leadership style is unequivocally domineering and unforgiving -- driven by fear of Steve. And many of them are just plain mean. Lower-level managers have very little control; they may be nice, but they're often irrelevant.

      5.0
      May 21, 2008

      Apple. I can talk about this stuff for hours!

      Mac specialist (apple store)
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Apple is one of the best companies to work for because they genuinely care about their employees, the opportunities for learning are endless and you are constantly getting enriched. Another good reason to work for Apple is that you get to enrich your customer's lives each and every day in everything you do. Working in Apple Retail is so much fun, I go to work and I have nothing to complain about, it's just so much fun to educate people about the Mac, iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. There is always something going on at Apple and it shows when you come in. Between One to One, Workshops and the Genius Bar, we have it down to a science.

      Cons

      The downsides of working at Apple are that you are tight-lipped about just about everything. That's not the worst part. As a Mac Specialist, I looked for either a promotion to Full Time or Genius, and after being there for over one year, got looked over. I think it's more of a popularity contest than anything. Management doesn't look for who can complete the job well in terms of technical abilities, but who can make it look the best. The thing is that the qualifications don't mean anything to management and I hope that they see that it is a problem and fix it before they lose valuable candidates for certain positions.

      4.0
      May 21, 2008

      Great place to work, though challenging

      Mac specialist (apple store)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Apple is innovative, friendly, and people oriented. The management really focused on developing the employee. There are great training programs and there are plenty of opportunities for advancement and growth. It is truly a company that supports the career growth of its employees and rewards leadership abilities and new creative thought. Employees could make suggestions to managers and have these suggestions seriously taken into consideration. Working for apple also has great perks in terms of an employee discount program that allows employees to experience apple products first had. All apple employees are somewhat gadgetiers, even if they didn't start out that way. Its nice to work somewhere where you feel proud about the work and the company.

      Cons

      Working in apple retail is time consuming, and it is often challenging to balance personal time and work requirements. This is mostly because there are too few stores in many area's, and an always growing amount of customers. Christmas season and back to school shopping are some of the busiest times of the year, as well as whenever there is a new apple product on the shelf. Sometimes the management had slightly unrealistic idea's about the extent to which Apple employee's could commit themselves to their job. As a student as well as an employee I have had to choose between work or school, and at the end of the day pressure for the management wanted me to choose work instead.

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