Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,113 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 43,113 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
Aug 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I've heard that there are great places at Apple, but due to "need to know" mentality of company, you are pretty well segregated to your dept, and sometimes even your office. The equipment you get to use day to day in your job is some of the best in the world!

Cons

Lower management is often just the most technically able person in the group before the existing manager is promoted, leaving a good hard working knowledgable person that has no idea how to manage people. There are exceptions of course, but let's just say, ten years ago, you would have not reported to someone with such behavior and inability to actually manage and coach their team.

5.0
Aug 24, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company practises the ideals and values it preaches. Its a company you can believe in. Its kind of a corporation revolution, a movement to change the way corporations conduct business and treat individual customers and employees. It aims to care for each individual employee and customer more so than any other corporation I have worked for. Paid well enough to take the issue of money off the table so people can concentrate on giving their best effort. Company trusts you, gives you the right tools and the space to let you do what you need to do to get the best result. Its a breeding ground for creativity and brilliance because there is an unspoken pride in employess, no sense of oppression, encouraged to show off your colours. Very few people here that are not focused. Management is chosen very carefully, usually the best in their field with a natural people management talent. No managers you would rather avoid here. 20 different positions open at any one time, always room to move onto bigger and better things if you fancy it. Free VHI, stock options, discounts on products, large discounts on everything from other companies. If you're not qualified, Apple will train you, company will bend backwards to facilitate college by night. I think the most satisfying thing for me personally is that I feel empowered to do my job properly and I can really help people. I feel appreciated, I feel my work is appreciated and rewarded. I feel like Apple cares in general. Apple hires people who care and go on caring. Work atmosphere is perfect as a result. I plan to stay and progress my career in the company, while doing college by night. It would take an extradinary job offer to make me walk away from this company, this movement.

Cons

If you work on a phone based job, like Technical Support, be prepared for Shift Work and weekends. Otherwise, its standard office hours. (Customer Relations don't work weekends but do have some late shifts to back up Tech) 50% of Apple are all systems go on Bank Holidays, not necessarily just phone based agents. The good news is that you get the bank holiday back as vacation hours so you end up with something like 30 days of holidays per year. Much better than double pay that goes to the tax man anyway.

5.0
Mar 29, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, fantastic knowledge-sharing, relatively flat hierarchy, a true sense of community, a perpetually-rewarding work environment, incredible sense of cross-company cohesion, nice perks on merchandise and hardware, great relationships with your immediate management

Cons

HR makes contradictory statements and claims, HR makes terrible, short-sighted decisions, lack of communication between senior management and lower levels, inflexible full-time scheduling, many conflicts between work and personal life, people can and are fired instantly, job performance is mostly irrelevant unless you are in sales

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