Having weekends off may not be an option. - Product Specialist Apple Employee Review

3.0
Jan 25, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work for Apple is the technical training. The salaries are high but lower that the people who worked before our new group came in. There seems to be a turnover about every 18 months and you can be fired for cause. There is no tolerance for being late or not showing up to work without calling in. You will get warning letters but if you are not liked by your management you will have a hard time.

Cons

Your work schedule is all about Apple. Not about you. So If you are use to working and having the weekends off forget that. You may have 2 days in the middle of the week off. In a way that could be helpful if you are running to the doctors office with kids. But if you are single, or just a married couple it can really put a damper on things - especially if you enjoy going to church or enjoy being with friends and family on the week-end. The other thing is the hours. With the crazy schedule and hours changing, it can be a challenge working for this company.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Aug 28, 2014
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Pros

We work with geniuses - in every department, We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories - who else can say that?

Cons

ZERO ZERO ZERO work/life balance. Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better. But in actuality, it gets worse every year! It is obviously top management LIP SERVICE because if they meant it, they could fix it tomorrow. They have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank. If they REALLY cared about employee work/life balance, they could bring aboard the right number of folks to make that issue dissolve. Sick of hearing the lies. Just don't lie about wanting to fix it, when they clearly DON'T care

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