Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,074 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 43,074 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
Feb 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people that you meet and work with are amazing. The work can be very interesting but zero work/life balance. If you have a family and want to see them, do not work at Apple.

Cons

No work life balance. Meetings to prepare for meetings to prepare for meetings. Somewhat of a negative environment and it can be a serious emotional roller coaster.

1.0
Feb 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Working from home -Occasionally get 45-60 minute blocks of time off phones for training. Can often do a quick load of laundry or watch Netflix while doing trainings -Moderately lenient with call offs -Customers mostly aren't completely horrible people -Pay is good for a call center job -Discount is great: 25% off all the time, plus $500 off a Mac (excluding Mac Mini) or unlocked iPhone, $250 off an iPad, OR $150 off iPad Mini once every 3 years

Cons

-Don't kid yourself, this is a call center job. A cushy one, but still a call center -Lower management can be somewhat unorganized, but from my experience it wasn't always their fault -Metrics to hit can be somewhat ridiculous unless you are ok with skimming on the experience in some cases -Reaching out to other departments for help/assistance is sometimes met with resistance from people who don't want to do their job -If you work from home, the only upward mobility is to Tier 2 or management/trainers. You will be in a customer facing position most likely unless you want to work in Austin, TX or Cupertino, CA

3.0
Dec 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High quality products. Chock full of smart people. Excellent free shuttle service. Great food at reasonable prices. Most people think it's cool that you work at Apple. The spaceship is coming soon. You might end up in it.

Cons

Open seating for pretty much everyone below director. Mildly cultish. Despite "honest communication" being a primary value, it doesn't really happen. There is a lot hush-hush, especially about problems. Too much deference to management, especially with the run-up in stock price which leads to too much fear of asking the hard questions. Because hardware is the primary focus, there is a cultural lack of understanding about how software development works, which is almost universally frustrating to software engineers.

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