Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,100 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 43,100 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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43K reviews
3.0
Mar 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, good discounts on the products, getting to learn while on the job, awesome t-shirts, discounted stock, excellent company to have on a resume, usually a pretty fun work environment Day to day the job is pretty cool. Most coworkers are on the same wavelength as you, so it's usually pretty easy to get a long with people. Higher up in the chain, it appears that the top level of management really does listen to employee concerns and they make attempts to address problems. (Unfortunately this is usually botched by local level management). Overall though, it's a great day job, but not something I want to do for the rest of my life.

Cons

Retail hours (including weekends and holidays), the occasional obnoxious customer, absolutely no transparency from management, expectations of work don't match the pay rate, promotions are based on manager preference rather than job performance, additional responsibilities without pay raises are given to people all the time so they get burnt out, summers and holidays are almost unbearably busy At my location specifically, I'm not a big fan of my management. I think they're mostly inept. This doesn't reflect on the company as a whole, but it's the main reason I'm somewhat dissatisfied here. Beyond my local and market managers, it at least appears that there are some competent people, but then again we've never actually met them, either.

3.0
Mar 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best reason to work for AAPL is the stock, the street cred after the fact, the discounts and occasional free iPod/iPhone, and meeting customers who love the product. Benefits if you survive the bureaucratic gauntlet to FT

Cons

Choke hold on company transparency. Conflicting must-do requirements from managers who have less technical knowledge than they advertise. Pay is retail, not tech company. Reality distortion field requires brain bleach Kool-Aid Working at Apple destroyed my love for it as a company. Misrepresenting company policies to customers. Essentially, AAPL puts as much effort into pretending it is a flawless company as it should into being honest and forward to customers.

3.0
Mar 22, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best reason to work for Apple is to abuse the discount. 25% off retail is price impressive. Thats 700 dollars off the 2499 macbook pro model. This really helped me throughout school only having to work for retail part time. The other great reason is debit card for caltrain, bus, and bart. Apple gives you 100 dollars in the form of a credit card that you can use to commute, or joyride to the city on your days off.

Cons

Growth is hard. If you're gonna go into this job in retail, expect it to be temporary. You can't really move up in the company quickly. It's contradicting on how they work. If you're the best at your job, they try to keep you there to help store numbers. Yet if you're bad at your job, they say you need to improve to get the other positions available. Don't assume working for apple retail now gives you an advantage to get into apple corporate. It no longer works like that. Retail doesn't mean crap.

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