Apple, a love hate place to work. - Senior Software Engineer Apple Employee Review

3.0
17 Jun 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Get to work on technology that is used by so many people. A very exciting place to work. The Steve Jobs keynote presentations are as close to 'rock star' as an engineer is ever going to get.

Cons

Company does not encourage innovation from within. If the idea doesn't come from Steve Jobs, it's not worth looking in to. Vacation is WEAK. Start with 12 days of time off, with a week shutdown at Christmas. You must be there for three years before you begin to accrue 15 days of vacation a year. For a company that is basically printing money in Cupertino and making a ton of profit, the fact that there is no profit sharing is a very glaring flaw.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great team! You are given the opportunity to learn and grow super fast

Cons

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4.0
28 Aug 2014
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Recommend
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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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