Mixed feelings, personally tough experience so far, learning a lot for sure, - Kernel Engineer Apple Employee Review

3.0
Jul 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay well, especially if you stay longer. Good RSU plan. Stable and usually not laying off. Two WFH days a week. 20 yearly remote working days. More annual leave days than average. Discounts on company products. High end tech and complex problem solving.

Cons

Lots of internal tools and technologies. Learning them won't help in the next role. Very dull socially. No work buddies. Not an environment that accomodates that. Very hard entry process. No buddy, no intro course/document. Just boss and very big entry task. Hard and long deployment process. Almost every bit of food costs money, and relatively a lot. Kitchenette only has cofee and apples, Offices look gray and only thing colorful is advertisements of company products. Offices only have cubicals, meeting rooms and corridors. Almost no extra space for a short break. No HR department, if you need something open an online request, no personal support, no one to actually turn to if you need something. No one is in charge of employee experience, none of that. Just work. Kind of depressing experience generally. Lots of meetings in the evening.

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The hours were great. Monday to Friday Schedule.

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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