Does Apple pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Apple employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Apple. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Apple?

80% of Apple employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Apple 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Apple?

Specialist (4607) , Software Engineer (1997) , Technical Specialist (1352) , Apple Genius (955) , Sales Associate (795) , Sales Specialist (749) , Technical Expert (716) , Manager (609) , Product Specialist (545) , Mac Genius (468) , Senior Software Engineer (467) , Intern (459) , Home Advisor (410) , Operations Specialist (393) , Mac Specialist (Apple Store) (389)

What are the pros of working at Apple according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are great and the brand value it adds to the resume is fantastic." ((in 6250 reviews)); "Working from home is great and the people you work with and meet are the best." ((in 3126 reviews)); "The pay was good as well and discounts were probably the best part of working at Apple" ((in 3051 reviews)); "Great culture and a really genuine commitment by the company to develop and grow as a person." ((in 1696 reviews)); "The team is great and you bound with peers that make your days easier and manage the overall stress" ((in 1012 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Apple according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance for full time because of very strict schedule rules and policies." ((in 1763 reviews)); "But know that there is 0 accountability for bad managers and so there are toxic teams that go undetected." ((in 1013 reviews)); "Workload and intensity: The “Apple perfectionism” culture means you’ll work long hours or feel like you should." ((in 1011 reviews)); "poor leadership: unsupportive and lack of genuine approach" ((in 299 reviews)); "They are very hard on you about taking time off and want you to always be at everything." ((in 271 reviews))

What are employees saying about Apple layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Apple layoffs and their outlook for job security at Apple in 2026.

Apple reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(43,011 total reviews)

Tim Cook

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Senior management

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,011 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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Reviews by job title

43K reviews

3.0

May 24, 2017

Avoid EMEIA DFA in Europe Finance

Senior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Apple, collectively, is full of passionate, smart, and driven individuals. People hold themselves to high standards and great attention to details. Everyone wants to do what's best for our customers.

Cons

Unfortunately, there are really bad eggs in the London office. There is a lot of focus on doing non-value-add type of work. Managers tend to play favourites and isolate those who disagree with them, even if their points can be extremely valid. People seems to be promoted based on tenure rather than aptitude. You have to kiss up to you boss to advance in your career. These comments only extend to the European finance team. Other functions like marketing or engineering do not play office politics like this group. The compensation is also terrible compared to all the places I've worked at in the past 10 years.

2.0

Aug 23, 2015

Middle Mismanagement

Senior software qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent products to be working on. Excellent tools available for testing. Ridiculously talented individual contributors to work with. Cafeteria has decent food at a decent price. Great perks with occasional beer bashes and film screenings

Cons

Tiresomely long hours. Short deadlines bordering on instant burnout. Impossible to make weekend plans as weekend work is routinely demanded on extremely short notice. The aforementioned perks are first come, first serve, and chances are you will not be able to take advantage anyway, because of last-minute, emergency testing that needs to be performed. Management will make you feel guilty about taking your family vacation. Management will make you apologize for your child's medical emergency pulling you out of work. Management will gladly work from home, yet scoff at the idea that you can attend a doctor's appointment mid day.

1.0

Apr 10, 2015

Principal Engineers

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Their pay is better than most company, but you have to work extremely long hours and weekend.

Cons

Zero work/life balance Unethical management. The manager in my department (Silicon Engineering Group) only cares what his/her boss thinks and try whatever possible to please his/her boss. They consistently made up stories/lies to make them good in front of others. If things go bad, they try their best to blame others and cover their fault. Nonfunctional HR. HR plays very weak role. Reporting management issues to HR does not help, instead the retaliation is what you can get.

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