Apple Software Developer reviews

4.4

86% 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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2K reviews
5.0
Mar 15, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

low stress level, offices with doors, good pay, everyone says 'wow' when you tell them where you work.

Cons

There are no downsides working at Apple. It's a great place to work

5.0
Mar 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work on amazing new stuff that actually ships. Tens of millions of people run my code every day in their iPhone, iPad or Mac. Worked with and learned from the best people in the industry. Tons of mutual respect for all fellow employees. Confidence: you are at Apple.. If it can be done, then we can do it.

Cons

Some teams are better than others. Some managers would be better engineers. It's hard to live up to the reputation of Apple.

3.0
Mar 4, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Get to work with bleeding tech - Week off thanksgiving/xmas - Youthful environment, with bright minds - Good RSU package

Cons

- Poor managers, they view subordinate personal career goals as their attempt to "climb the corporate ladder" and its heavily frowned upon at the group I've been in and neighboring groups I've interacted with. - Below average base salary for the bay area. - Poor teamwork, its all about competing against other engineers through a self manufactured obstacle called "confidentiality". You only get to see what you are meant to see. Sometimes you want to look at the big picture to help you do your work, too bad. Sometimes you want to interact with key developers to see their design process, too bad. - Projects cancelled left and right. I feel as some are fake projects used to weed out leakers. - Expect to work 50+ hours a week to get anywhere. Apple doesn't see that overworking produces less quality code. They say if you don't spend atleast 50 hours a week you're not being a team player. - Extremely low morale environment - 0 concept of what is good software, some of these people never had to be a software janitor; they fail to see the repercussions of their code and don't write quality code. - Get ready to face high ego developers who still think Apple is the best thing since sliced bread. Its their first job, expect them to not have a down to earth view.

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