Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,140 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 43,140 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
Oct 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good 401K, RSU. Ok on medical but not the best. Salary is also on the lower side on average. But everybody wants to join Apple because of their name. So company has an upper hand now. Once the beacon fades, the flock will leave because of the treatment.

Cons

Must be the stingiest company in the planet. Good to be money savvy, but it is too ridiculous to even describe. Never expected a multi-billion dollar company -- making 100K every 3 seconds -- looking for dirty savings upsets employees who are molded to believe that is ok! Work is purely execution driven. No scope for RnD. Management folks have big time attitude: "I dont take my paltry 12-days of vacation, so you should not". They dont care because everyone wants to get on to Apple so they dont bother about folks who are unhappy. Employees are "indirectly" expected to be wired all the time - no worklife balance.

3.0
Sep 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work on great products, challenging environment, constantly moving away from the "status quo", decent benefits, mostly great people working with you.

Cons

No life/work balance. Work with China at all hours of the day or night. Some roles demand a lot of travel.

4.0
Sep 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers are mostly intelligent and Apple provides some decent benefits (if you take the time to read the fine print). Unlike a lot of other retail chains, you actually want most of the products being sold. On top of this, there are a lot of discounts extended to Apple employees by 3rd part manufacturers that do business with Apple. You have to sift through the pages of the Apple's Employee webpage (only accessible from the store's break room) in order to find out about these. Once you're employed for over 3 months you earn a $500 discount for a single, large Apple product (iMac/MacBook). It takes an additional 3 years to earn this discount again, so it's best to use it upfront unless you plan on making a career out of working retail. There are also a set amount of smaller discounts provided to each employee, which reset at the beginning of each calendar year. They make a small dent in the inflated price of Apple products, but are worth it if you stack them with the $500 voucher. Some people would say "helping people" is a large pro of this job; you're fixing problems with iPhones and educating mostly incompetent consumers, non-stop. I would disagree. The high expectations put on the FRS's by Apple/management do not reflect the modest retail wage.

Cons

The customers. Everything is an emergency when it comes to the customer's iPhones. They want their phones fixed, and they want them fixed now, which for some reason causes your average consumer to lose their humanity. People assume that it's Apple's fault that they dropped their device in the toilet (90% of the water damaged phones), or that the screen was faulty because they dropped it 10ft onto the concrete and it cracked. Everyone else in line be damned, they're time is more important and they demand to be seen first. People also don't understand the very basic principles of a warranty. "I know it's out of warranty, but my 5-year-old phone isn't as loud as it used to be. I didn't do anything. Apple should replace it for free." The FRS is not only responsible for taking these iPhone appointments every 10 minutes (a very demanding time limit per appointment), but are also tasked with teaching One-to-One customers with 30 minute and 1 hour personal training sessions. The amount of knowledge you're required to absorb (mostly on your own time since Apple is only really interested in teaching customer service during training) is immense, and insures that you'll be discussing work-related issues during your breaks. You have no downtime with this job. On one hand, the day goes quicker when you're shotgunning tech support to 40+ customers, but it gets taxing. The front of the store (normal "Specialists") who are tasked with working basic sales and the like, are given as much time per customer as they see fit. If you want to spend your days interacting with your coworkers rather than rushing through appointments, take this job instead. It pays a dollar or so less, on average, but is an entirely different experience when it comes to working at the Apple Store. Also, the hours are erratic. As a part-time job, the FRS position takes up ALL of your time. This is because you're scheduled only a few hours per day, almost EVERY day. It's hard to predict what your hours will be, week to week, which makes it impossible to schedule something in your free time. You have to give a minimum of 3 weeks notice to get a day off, and it's not guaranteed that they'll give it to you. On top of this, all the other FRS's are working a minimum of 5 days a week, and because Apple has to pay time-and-a-half on the 6th day, nobody else is allowed to cover your shift.

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