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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (43,208 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 43,208 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
      4.0
      Jan 19, 2010

      Fun place to work, but watch out for politics and your career

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Exciting products that you can feel associated with. You are given opportunities to work with smart, creative people. Depending on the team or job, in can be an exciting, challenging experience. Great campus and work environment at corporate headquarters.

      Cons

      Depending on the job, you may just get stuck implementing others' or management's decisions. You can get blind-sided by politics (re-orgs, program cuts, or even layoffs) No formal training available internally. Must learn on the job (if you are lucky) or find external means (classes, books, web) to learn or get experience with new technologies. Difficult to transfer internally to other positions - no career pathing this way -- you are on your own. HR offers little support in this area (perhaps they are powerless). Also, your boss can easily block a transfer if they choose.

      4.0
      Aug 19, 2009

      lack of policy is a double-edged sword

      Engineering technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are no solid rules about what your job is, so as long as you get your work done right you can kind of make it up as you go along. This gives a lot of flexibility to peruse the aspects of the job that interest you. People at Apple are smart and dedicated; they're there because they enjoy the work. The work is action, not talk, because there's no time to waste.

      Cons

      The converse of everything I said above is that there's an extreme lack of planning (positive spin: "Our company can turn on a dime!") or policy (positive spin: "Work how you want, when you want."). As great as flexibility can be, sometimes set policies are good so people actually know what to do. It sure doesn't hurt to make solid plans more than a few days in advance when a project has a 6-12 month schedule. Last-minute changes are the norm, and many a hair-pulling night has been spent cleaning up messes created by others' lack of planning.

      3.0
      Mar 27, 2009

      Apple can be exciting to work for, but it's a rough ride. Not for the faint-hearted.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Everyone knows where you work and they think it's awesome. You get to play with all of the latest software and toys, and work for one of the most profitable companies in the world.

      Cons

      Apple is very secretive. It can be difficult to know what's going on ahead of time, and then all of the sudden, you need to shift and adapt. Schedules are very rough and change a lot. Releases, and crunch-time seems omni-present. It can be overwhelming. If your strengths do not include constant adaptation to continuous change, then Apple will frustrate you.

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