Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,118 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 43,118 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
4.0
Oct 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

There is an employee discount of 25% on Apple products and 10% on third-party accessories. The 25% discount can be used once every three years on laptops and computers, within-reasonable-quantities on accessories, and once a year on everything else (iPods, etc.) This discount does not apply to phones but you do get a 20% discount off AT&T. The cafeterias are good: They are reasonably priced, have many organic and vegan options, and use compostable containers and utensils. In addition, they host beer bashes every milestone or product launch, and other fun events.

Cons

The corporate culture for the engineers is to stay until at least dinner, with no overtime for salaried workers. The other con is the strange culture surrounding Steve Jobs. When he walks into and out of the cafeteria or around campus, the standard is to keep talking and ignore him, but discuss his health immediately after he is out of earshot. It seems as if the future of the company is uncertain and largely dependent on SJ's health and well-being.

3.0
Sep 20, 2009

Not all it's cracked up to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is a certain recognition you receive when others hear you work for Apple with it being the high flyer in the industry. There is some flexibility in the hours as long as you get your work done.

Cons

Ivory tower management that tends to be in the way more than helping. They often make decisions that the people who do the work don't understand and hurts productivity. After cutting down benefits quite a bit during the lean years (mid 90's), has done nothing to bring any of them back now that we are making a killing.

4.0
Feb 17, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working at Appled means absolutely everyone on the planet knows who you work for, the name brand is very powerful and means a) when you're doing things with customers or suppliers, they listen, and b) the best resume builder you can dream of. There is a lot of mystic associated with the Appled image and many tech employers place great weight to it. Additionaly, because of the ridiculously high volume they do for some products, the work environment allows you exposure to extreme volume production, meaning you can do a lot of things and explore a lot of areas you aren't allowed to do at smaller firms.

Cons

Ridiculous working hours. NO work/life balance

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