It starts out as a great job but it slowly becomes unbearable - Anonymous employee Apple Employee Review

3.0
Mar 3, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Better pay than most retail jobs Very good benefits, even for part timers Employee stock purchase plans Decent discounts Easy to move and get a job at another location You work with a lot of people who are intelligent and willing to help you if need it

Cons

Management. management. management. It's a challenging job with a lot of pressure and stress already and probably the worlds most horrible customers.. and having a management team that doesn't care about you and overlooks all of the hard work you've put into the company just makes the job unbearable. You start off thinking you're at this magical place and you feel so lucky to be working there- then after a few years you feel so depressed you start to contemplate quitting every day until you finally do it. Apple made me a very unhappy person.

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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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