Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,100 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,100 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
Dec 8, 2015

Apple Care College Program

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Get to work from home (Can be a pro or a con depending on your personal preference). I had a great experience with the manager I had, she was very easy to work for and I felt she truly cared about all the students that worked for her. If you are not knowledgable about Apple products the training you are put through is very helpful, and if you already are familiar with their products you'll most likely learn a thing or two as well. You get full benefits as if you were a full time employee out of college. The benefits are awesome and Apple gives you things such as employee discounts, stock purchase options, 401k, and health care. (Good luck finding another job with as many benefits as this in college). Apple is a great company to work for i.e. absolutely no discrimination in workplace, they are accepting of everyones beliefs and values. However, I did not complete the full year because it was not what I enjoyed doing and I moved on to find something more technical.

Cons

Working from home can get old, especially if you stay at your house after work. I had already known 80% of the things they talked about in training so it made those weeks extremely boring at times. They keep everyone involved in training by have "ice breaker games" and things like that (Again this can be a pro or a con depending on what type of person you are). The people that call Apple Care are often "technologically challenged" and it can make the job frustrating at time, however I talked to many very intelligent and interesting people as well. Hours during training are not flexible.

3.0
Apr 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a great company to start your work from home experience. If you're someone who feels that migrating to office everyday isn't for you, this is a great start. You'll be part time starting out, but if you do well and get the promotion to Senior Advisor, you'll be given full time with a small raise. The At Home program isn't a career, though. I understand they promote it as such and you'll be so excited they hired you, but after a few years in the program you'll see it's just another call center job. Put a few years in and move along.

Cons

- Incompetent Team Managers - No consistency between managers. One will praise you while the other will put you down. - If you're not someone's favorite, don't expect to move up. - During launch times, you'll be expected to work 60+ hours per week. Mandatory with no exceptions. - If you don't "fit in" you'll be ostracized.

2.0
Mar 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great products with employee discounts, competitive pay, good benefits, ability to work from home, a great place to get experience.

Cons

The biggest con is the work/life balance. Expect to work during all holidays if you work in customer support. This is something that has become more and more frequent through the last few years. Also expect you take call/chat/email one after the other with little breather in between and have this last for months. Expect to be so burned out that you end up taking a medical leave because of it. You will also deal with absent management who take frequent vacations and have backfills fill in for them. You may also deal with not being paid properly and having to wrestle with HR to get it corrected.

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