Apple Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Workplace is awesome, people are awesome!

Cons – Work schedules and most people are contracted so no benefits

Advice to Senior Management – Hire on directly faster instead of waiting till contract is over

Former Employee – worked at Apple full-time for more than a year

Pros – I enjoyed working at Apple since there was purpose (a Unix-driven OS with a great front-end GUI, consolidated Sony-like "family" of product-line, a strong leader (Steve Jobs), and of course great success in the retail market, a good framework for designing software.)

Cons – The negatives for Cupertino are many. It is part of a largish valley that has bad air,
immense traffic, horrid housing and rental costs, and a cultural milieu which has
aggressive immigrants raising housing and rental prices, on-purpose. The area
is essentially unaffordable!!! The "boutique towns" along the peninsula do not
impress. The East Bay is dangerous. It is hard to find a place to relax in the "Bay Area".

Advice to Senior Management – Divest yourself of your large bonuses and options/restricted stock units and GIFT them to your employees for you are NOTHING without them!!!! Renounce your too-high salaries and take
$1 per year!!!! Be like Jobs and stop following his advice to not be like him. That's fatal for the firm!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – This is a great job if you are looking to start out or in college. My review is strictly for retail so I can't speak for corporate. The benefits are fantastic and the pay is decent

Cons – You pretty much hit a ceiling once you've been here long enough. There are so many retail employees and so little room in upper management. I have know a few to move up but it is very difficult.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for less than a year

Pros – Best retail job you can ask for. Great benefits, good pay, better culture than most. Paid vacation for full-time.

Cons – Lots of politics in the workplace, and can be a little cultish at times. Have to be willing to drink the koolaid.

Advice to Senior Management – A lot of favoritism is present in most stores.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good place to start in NY.

Cons – Limited potential for growth as employee.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Apple full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Stable employment that is not going anyway. People will always love there apple product and always will be all over a place like apple.

Cons – There is a terrible work/live balance that does not even exist. You will always be working. People will always ask you question about Apple for the rest of your life even after you quit.

Advice to Senior Management – The culture of Apple and what it represents is dying starting from the Inside.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Apple is a great place to work!

Cons – The only downfall is that you have to deal with many customers. More than usual.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for less than a year

Pros – gets you out of your comfort zone. Things are always changing and you have to grow and evolve with it. Prepares you for many different situations whether its for work or personal.

Cons – They have great values but not all of the leadership really know how to embody them and it hurts what Apple states they're trying to achieve for their "people" the employee's

Advice to Senior Management – Follow through. Listen to your employees and constantly challenge yourself to ensure you're meeting the needs of the internal customer the same way you strive to meet the needs of the external customer

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Apple full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Company to work for innovative, leading edge in consumer electronics, has methodologies to follow.

Cons – depending on the current administration at your job locations, you are either in and good up the ladder or put aside because your management is not favoring you at the moment. Everything is done by consensus. If one person out of 19 does not feel you are qualified for the job or promotion, you will get black balled. I've seen it too many times.

Advice to Senior Management – Get a third party opinion ,outside of the small mgmt click that ends up making all the decisions, not necessarily for the right reasons. Sometimes doing the right thing is not as important as following the flock.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Apple

Pros – • Highly intelligent and creative colleagues
• Great mix of autonomy and support
• Employees love the company and its products

Cons – • Because the company's organizational structure is so flat, it can be difficult to move up in the ranks without first leaving the company
• Not focused on individual career development

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company