Apple reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(43,049 total reviews)
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Tim Cook

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 43,049 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
May 12, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The company treats you well with benefits, on-site facilities, perks and discounts. A vast majority of teams are working on something new and exciting. Tim Cook is making Apple a leading example of what a company should be to its customers (privacy), its country and environment (energy / climate).

Cons

If your team is working on something new and exciting, it can be a little too exciting. The pace seems to gradually increase but never level off. The "next thing's" features are more important that the bugs-in-the-wild you desperately want to fix for customers. Since Steve Jobs left, there doesn't feel to be someone at/near the top who has their finger on the pulse of the products. Yes, Steve was intense at times but he really knew what a product or service was supposed to be. It's hard to take more than 2 weeks of vacation at once without giving a lot of notice (say 4+ months). It's nearly impossible to take more than 3 weeks of earned vacation at once. HR, in my experience, is poorly managed and has high turnover. It took 3 months to get me an offer in 2005 and HR failed to give me an exit interview despite it being standard operating procedure.

4.0
May 4, 2017

Great... but not for everyone

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Apple has many great benefits such as insurance, 401k, stock options, tuition reimbursement, EAP, free flu shots and much more. Managers are awesome if you aren't stuck with a micromanager. Free Apple branded gifts are sent quarterly and the discounts are awesome

Cons

Having a bad work/life balance can be taxing, especially when you work from home. You will always work on the weekends and there isn't much room for advancement. Burnout is inevitable and it is a high stress environment, paired with strict metrics. Tools are breaking all the time and surveys that aren't about your service still count against you. If you are not in the college program, you have to do shift bids to pick your shifts and it will be even harder to have a work/life balance. Time off is EARNED (not a bucket) and you are penalized for being sick, scheduling time off in advance can be a pain since the allowances suck.

2.0
Apr 7, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits. I've had some really great people skills instilled in me. I'm not naturally tech savvy so working at apple keeps me up to date.

Cons

The idea of the culture Apple wants in the retail environment is such a good one. Unfortunately, it doesn't get carried out very often. Most of the tenured people there hate their job but have a hard time moving on to another job with equal or better pay and benefits. Retail is retail and if you work at the Genius Bar (like I do) you will most likely encounter several angry, rude, mean, unreasonable and entitled acting people. They will suck all the apple juice right out of you and you will be exhausted and burnt out and depressed. If you are an empath (again, like me) you will be very good at your job but over time, it will be hard on you and you won't even recognize yourself if you don't get out before the negative energy eats your soul.

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