Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,091 total reviews)
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Tim Cook

85% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,091 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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43K reviews
4.0
Apr 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Working for Apple can be something you take pride in - I write software that my whole family (and millions of other people) get to see and use every day. My work is usually interesting, and I'm mostly surrounded by very smart people. My manager is not typical - he is respectful of my life outside of work. My work schedule is very flexible thanks to that. I'm always able to take vacations, and I'm able to telecommute once a week, sometimes twice if I need to. I haven't come into the office on the weekend at all during the last 4-5 years. Since 2007-2008, our cafeteria is awesome. It really sucked before that. The burrito bar kicks ass now. Cafeteria food costs $$$ - it's not free.

Cons

Many departments, and their VP's, directors, and managers have unrealistic expectations of their employees. Particularly on the hardware engineering side of Infinite Loop (buildings 5 and 6), people get driven very hard and are regularly expected to work weekends. I've witnessed age discrimination. On multiple occasions, co-workers over 50 were laid off without warning. I assume this is a routine pruning to let go the people with the highest salaries, but it always feels kinda wrong to me. My department does regular layoffs, maybe 8-10 people get dropped every 2 years. At the same time, we're always hiring. Our use of layoffs seems like a disingenuous (disingenuous since we're hiring simultaneously) way to drop poor performers.

4.0
Apr 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The atmosphere is simply amazing. Everyone is a "pretty person" and they're all very smart and fun to talk to. You also get the added benefit of knowing you work for an amazing brand.

Cons

Low pay and relatively slow promotion.

2.0
Apr 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're looking for the cool factor, Apple is a great place to be. It can be fun to say you work for Apple.

Cons

Apple takes pride in keeping things confidential and this has huge marketing impact for them. Product releases are treated as news. The problem is that everything is confidential inside the organization too, which means its hard to get the information you need to do your job. It's also a pretty ruthless place to work, with non-stop urgent deadlines and little appreciation for your work.

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