Apple reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(43,041 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 43,041 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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43K reviews
4.0
Jun 17, 2008
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Pros

I get to work on cutting edge products that I really enjoy and am proud of. Working on products that millions of people use gives a good sense of satisfaction. Overall I think management is competent and has been leading us in the right direction. It's a good, relaxed working environment. There's no dress code, the hours are flexible, and the people who work there are mostly very intelligent. I haven't perceived any kind of discrimination from anyone at Apple. In terms of stress, some people have to do death marches before major deadlines, but I wouldn't say that it's a way of life. Most people can go home whenever they want.

Cons

The major downside is that the salary is low compared to my peers whom I graduated with, who now work at other companies. Bonuses are on an ad hoc basis and also usually less than what my peers get. The benefits are not good either, in terms of health care and vacation time, etc. The stock purchase plan, and sometimes stock options, are nice, and the stock has really gone up, but that doesn't make up for everything else. Another negative aspect of working at Apple is that communication with the outside is very limited. We don't have any blogs or anything like that(aside from Surfin' Safari), and generally nobody outside of Apple knows who works on what. The engineers are sort of a faceless mass.

4.0
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work alongside some of the brightest, most energetic people in the industry in an environment where creativity is encouraged. Apple really knows how to hire. You can feel proud of what your company does and the products it creates. You get the feeling of working for a startup within a large, established company.

Cons

Compensation is well below industry standard. No stock options unless you're management level or greater. Profit sharing is apparently non-existent. Even though the company is doing well, you don't get to take some of that success home with you. If you're not directly working on a major product, it's very easy to feel unappreciated.

4.0
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Apple makes high-quality products, both inside and out, in that they're considered good by both users and developers. Some aspects of our internals can be ugly, but there's a strong push companywide to create maintainable interfaces and implementations, even those for internal use. We're constantly pushing to create new & better ways of doing things, if no longer in a completely revolutionary manner (seems there just too much legacy software AND mindset out there now). Even so, that drive is present. We don't have all the perks of other high-profile companies, but hours are flexible, and a new shuttle service makes commuting quite pleasant. Apple is big enough that you can find a work & management environment that fits your temperament.

Cons

Management is extremely secretive, even internally, and it's only becoming more so. That said, I can see why looking at the marketplace. Apple's operating in a new world, and we can't just talk about what we're working on any more. Internal resource allocation is very stingy; it's hard to have enough equipment to work properly on multiple releases & test system-level things that sometimes require a 2nd machine of similar specs. Work level tends to go in a roller-coaster, with long crunches before releases, but that's typical for the industry, really. Overall project management seems to be declining in recent years, which is rather worrisome. I've been frustrated by some general communication problems in my department and difficulties making time for professional growth at the company, but it's something I could probably get past if I took more initiative in the matter. We are REALLY overcrowded and getting more so. Many people are doubled up in offices, the on-campus cafe is overloaded every day at lunchtime, and the new campus shows no signs of coming along.

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