Leadership really needs to change. - Software Engineer ICT3 Apple Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You work on things that ship to billions of people You can work on very challenging and interesting technical problems Individual contributors tend to be pretty strong, knowledgable, and willing to share better ways of working.

Cons

There exists a vast vacuum of politics, driven by the decision making of already rich directors and executives who haven't directly engineered or engaged with users in well over a decade. Decisions get made by "experts" or "experienced practitioners" that are divorced from the realities experienced by users. There are often times impossible deadlines, which leads to software shipping that is implemented well below the quality Apple and its customers expect. Shipping is prioritized over quality, and you can get a six-figure bonus merely for crossing the finish line, quality be damned.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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