Apple Software Developer reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,816 total reviews)
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Tim Cook

93% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Apple with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,816 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Apple is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Nov 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Nice cafeteria. It was exciting at first, thinking I was going to help the famous garage-shop entrepreneur with his dream.

Cons

It's just unbelievable that, after I hired on I had absolutely no job assignment, no introduction to the group, no keys to the group area. Just sat there waiting, waiting waiting. No matter how much I studied the product line and showed how I could use my skill set to really help them where I knew help was needed, all I got was nothing, no communication, no job assignment. So I watched a critical product get delayed, and delayed, and delayed. Instead of analysis and calculations, their approach to solve the problem was to have meetings meetings meetings on and on with a bunch of people who couldn't care less, staring at their cell phones instead of joining the meeting! I was like, This is Apple? RUFKMe? By having meetings upon meetings the manager could lie to the upper management that something was being done.I looked back at my resume to make sure it didn't say somewhere, "I am skilled at being ignored and tapping my fingers on my desk". Nope, not in there.

2.0
Nov 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent work/life balance. Good perks. Good pay. Great people, lots of smart people.

Cons

Lots of people seem to love working at Apple. I can't say I understand why. To me, my job is boring. They don't value creativity or insight, they value carrying out the tasks that management sets for you. The company's priorities don't make a whole lot of sense, either, wrt to how resources are allocated. Micromanagement seems to be the norm. There doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency in some areas, while other areas are on the "death march" from release to release. Secrecy between teams is irritating and leads to less innovation and poorer quality.

5.0
Nov 5, 2014

Great company

Recommend
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Pros

This is my dream job, couldn't even imagine anything better.

Cons

There are no cons and I don't think there will be any

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