Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,128 total reviews)
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Tim Cook

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,128 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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43K reviews
3.0
Mar 2, 2009
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Pros

Apple is a company with a huge focus on customer satisfaction and delivering transformational products. There are many useful CSE and selling techniques that are taught. These techniques are a solid foundation for any selling environment. The products are constantly changing and updating so there is a challenge involved in making sure the employees are constantly training to be knowledgeable about all the products.

Cons

The structure for advancement is very basic. Retail takes a big hit given our current economic situation so it is difficult to balance a staff of the right size and keep a consistent schedule. Vacation time is not that great.

2.0
Mar 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Smart co-workers, good products, pretty campus.

Cons

Change the world? If you mean feeding starving kids in Africa, that's Bill Gates. Apple makes slick products for yuppies. In exchange, you get huge work hours, medium pay and benefits. This is okay though; it's not so different essentially from other companies. Worst problem is some of mid-level management. I've never seen the level of pettiness and in a couple of cases, viciousness toward employees anywhere else that I've seen here. It's not throughout the whole company, but there are a couple of sectors that are really bad, and they have lost people because of it. You have to be very careful about the mid to senior level management you'll work for.

4.0
Mar 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Working for Apple is best if you like having a peer group to learn from and grow with. You get out of Apple what you put in. You really can't be a super rock star to it alone type, since the process of creating a product requires many hundreds of people. An individual can come up with and promote their own idea - and then see a support group grow around it if the executive team decides to productize it. This is quite different from other companies where individual contributions are not respected nor desired. Apple lets you be creative, and rewards that.

Cons

The biggest downside to working from Apple has to be the overcrowding on the main campus. They're building another campus, and they've leased a bunch more space, but new hires are starting to double up and the on site cafeteria has become a madhouse. Apple no longer has a sabaatical program, which is something I'd hope they bring back in the future. With the economy being the way it is, Apple holds the cards as far as compensation, but I really have no complaints. They recently improved the coffee situation too. I wish they had a better employee purchase program.

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