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      Stay away from HWTE at all costs. - Systems Design Engineer Apple Employee Review

      1.0
      Aug 1, 2017
      Systems design engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Not much honestly other than brand name. Horrible experience overall.

      Cons

      - Overworked - 60 hours work weeks are normal. Weekends and vacation are basically work days. - People are not qualified, since they have severe brain drain to other better paying companies. - Management just lies to you repeatedly. Don't trust a word HR tells you from the day you sign the offer to the day you leave. - Toxic environment - No diversity in HWTE, as in English is not the preferred language of communication. The group is all foreign from a specific Asian country. - Pay is not competitive - Too much politics - Cheap company - Benefits are average -- definitely not competitive for Bay Area

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      5.0
      Jun 4, 2026
      Copywriter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of opportunity. Best creative directors.

      Cons

      Can really eat up your life. Work life balance is non existent certain periods.

      4.0
      Aug 28, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      We work with geniuses - in every department, We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories - who else can say that?

      Cons

      ZERO ZERO ZERO work/life balance. Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better. But in actuality, it gets worse every year! It is obviously top management LIP SERVICE because if they meant it, they could fix it tomorrow. They have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank. If they REALLY cared about employee work/life balance, they could bring aboard the right number of folks to make that issue dissolve. Sick of hearing the lies. Just don't lie about wanting to fix it, when they clearly DON'T care

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