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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (43,136 total reviews)
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      Tim Cook

      86% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Senior management

      Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,136 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      43K reviews
      1.0
      Oct 13, 2020

      Technical people need not apply

      Engineering program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Can't really think of any...

      Cons

      If you're a technical person, and they approach you for a technical or engineering program manager position, run away. They want schedule jockeys and gophers. Technical knowledge is not valued in this position.

      1.0
      Sep 30, 2020

      Lot of Smoke: No Fire

      Customer relations
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will get a cubicle you will likely die in

      Cons

      Promised promotions that never happen, Raises that never come. Every single quarter you will be told how well your department did in raising revenue and how you won’t get a raise because you didn’t innovate enough. Oh also, Apple let’s you do another job for 6 months for no extra pay and they pretend like it is a privilege.

      5.0
      May 15, 2020

      Great company with a culture that takes getting used to

      Embedded software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      One thing I’ve learned from talking to people within Apple is your experience will greatly vary, depending on your organization. I’m a software engineer in the Core OS organization within SWE, so my review only applies to that. People outside Apple like to poke fun when senior leadership publicly says they’re trying to be customer-centric and “do the right thing” while making decisions that go in to products. After being here, I truly believe that is the case! Tim and Craig have proven to be very thoughtful, honest and effective leaders We work on some tough technical problems and some really innovative technology. At the end of the day, as an individual contributor I am enabled to put my head down and do my best work. Apple can be demanding, expect to receive emails and pings on nights and weekends. You have to learn to set boundaries and stick to them. If you enjoy your work, like I do, it’s very easy to accidentally put too many hours in

      Cons

      As with lots of tech companies, there are many different personalities to deal with and some can make your job miserable. It sounds like being in middle management is extremely political and there are management movements / re-orgs pretty often. Apple culture can be difficult to navigate for some. There’s very little documentation (this is improving), and the company is entirely built on making relationships and hallway conversations. This can make working in remote offices difficult, from what I’ve heard. Introverts beware!

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