Apple Software Developer reviews

The major downside is that the salary is low compared to my peers whom I graduated with, who now work at other companies. Bonuses are on an ad hoc basis and also usually less than what my peers get. The benefits are not good either, in terms of health care and vacation time, etc. The stock purchase plan, and sometimes stock options, are nice, and the stock has really gone up, but that doesn't make up for everything else. Another negative aspect of working at Apple is that communication with the outside is very limited. We don't have any blogs or anything like that(aside from Surfin' Safari), and generally nobody outside of Apple knows who works on what. The engineers are sort of a faceless mass.

Compensation is well below industry standard. No stock options unless you're management level or greater. Profit sharing is apparently non-existent. Even though the company is doing well, you don't get to take some of that success home with you. If you're not directly working on a major product, it's very easy to feel unappreciated.