Apollo Group Overview

It's in our company's DNA to help people change their lives through education. If you've got the talent and drive to make our students' goals become reality, we'd love to have you join the Apollo Group team. Whether you're interested in a position in student enrollment and retention, academics, marketing, IT, human resources, finance, or countless other vital roles, we have a place for you.

During the past four decades, we've built a network of academic institutions targeted to meet the increasingly diverse needs of 21st-century students and employers. We've also built a vibrant workplace, packed with people who are simply great at what they do.

In addition to our headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, we offer career opportunities in 40 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico; Canada; Latin America; and Europe. So, wherever you spend your workday, you'll be helping to reinvent education with the employer of choice in the education sector, alongside the rest of the Apollo Group family.

And in the process, you'll find you've changed your own life...while creating a rewarding career, filled with potential for future growth.

Every day, the people of Apollo Group work hard to earn the label "Employer of Choice." But what exactly does that mean?

• An atmosphere that's founded on fairness and respect
• A culture that thrives on commitment, enthusiasm, passion, and employee engagement
• An environment that embraces innovative ideas and people from diverse backgrounds
• A dynamic workplace that offers opportunities to enjoy your everyday opportunities while growing personally and professionally over the long term.

Sure, you hear a lot about work-life balance today...but that often means different things to different people. At Apollo Group, helping you achieve that personal balance is part of the package. Our exceptional benefits offerings are designed to give you peace of mind in and out of the office, while providing you maximum flexibility in the choices you make. From your personal and family healthcare needs to your time off, from your educational aspirations to your long-term financial goals, we strive to provide the best options available—and we're adding new alternatives all the time.

Making Your Health a Priority

• Your Comprehensive Health Care Coverage includes medical and prescription drug benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, and a Company-paid Employee Assistance Plan. The company's contribution to your coverage is generous—and your own contributions are tax free. Employees are eligible for health care coverage on the first day of the month following 60 days of continuous employment.
• Two flexible spending accounts—a Health Care Reimbursement Account and a Dependent Care Reimbursement Account—help you pay for eligible health care expenses and child care services. (Again, tax free, to give you the best bang for the buck.) You may set aside up to $5,000 annually in each account, with eligibility beginning on the first day of the month following 60 days of continuous employment.
• From your first day on the job, a wide variety of Wellness Programs, such as healthy foods in the Riverside Café, smoking cessation programs, and participation in activities through REV, support you in your efforts toward healthier living.

Expecting the Unexpected

• Every employee receives Life Insurance coverage, fully paid for by Apollo Group, equal to two times your annual salary or targeted income, up to $50,000. This coverage also includes Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance that provides benefits for loss of life, limbs or sight due to an accident. You can also elect to increase your coverage with Additional Life Insurance of one, two or three times their annual salary, up to a specified maximum. It's optional, paid for through payroll deductions.
• Dependent's Life Insurance is also optional, and can be purchased through payroll deductions for your eligible dependents including a spouse and/or children.
• When you're traveling for the Company, Apollo Group pays the full cost of your Business Travel Accident Insurance—and your eligibility starts the day you are hired.
• After completing 60 days of continuous full-time employment, you'll begin accruing Sick Leave at a specified accrual rate. Sick leave accruals may be carried from year to year.
• Short-Term Disability Coverage helps replace lost income for up to 13 weeks should you become ill or injured or unable to work due to a non-work related circumstance. You're eligible for coverage on the first day of the month following 60 days of continuous employment. Participation is optional and premiums are paid after-tax through payroll deductions.
• Long-Term Disability Coverage helps replace a portion of your income if you are unable to perform the material duties for your occupation. In the event you become totally disabled, you will receive income from all sources that is at least equal to the selected percentage of pay based on your salary at the time of disability.
• Long-Term Care Insurance provides affordable protection for the care of someone in need of assistance with daily living due to an accident, illness, or advancing age, either at home or in a facility. Coverage is available for you and your spouse or your parents and/or spouse's parents. Participation in this program is voluntary.

Meeting Your Personal Financial Goals

• Your 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan enables you to contribute up to 50% of their earnings on a pre-tax basis up to the IRS maximum. The plan offers a wide variety of investment options, from conservative to aggressive, and everything in between. You become eligible on the first of the month following 60 days of active, continuous employment, and you will receive employer matching contributions after completing one year of full-time service with Apollo Group. Employee and employer-matched contributions are 100% vested, and rollover contributions from other qualified plans are accepted when eligible.
• Through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, you can acquire stock ownership in the Company by purchasing Apollo Group (APOL) common stock. Participation in the plan is voluntary, and available to all active employees who have completed one year of employment.

Recharging Your Batteries

• As an eligible employee, you begin earning Paid Vacation Time upon completing three months of employment. At the beginning of each fiscal year, eligible employees receive an advance of their vacation hours for that year; advancement may vary as mandated by state regulations.
• Eligible employees receive holiday pay for 10 1/2 Observed Holidays a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday (1/2 day off), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day.

Enriching Your Life Opportunities

• To support our mission of meeting the higher education needs of working adults, Apollo Group offers a generous Education Tuition Program—enabling you to use payroll deductions to plan for future college expenses in a convenient, easy manner. The savings advantages include tax-deferred accumulation, federal tax-free earnings for qualified withdrawals, reduction in estate taxes, and special gift tax treatment. Additionally, the plan offers personal control and flexibility over assets and beneficiaries. Employees and their eligible dependents may take advantage of this benefit after six months of employment.
• Our support for employees includes Adoption Benefits to assist all fulltime eligible employees with expenses when adopting a child under the age of 18.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Apollo Group, Inc. and its subsidiary companies ('Apollo') are committed to being Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers.  We embrace and celebrate the unique qualities of our employees including race, color, gender, age, religion, disability or perceived disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  The protected groups set forth in this policy are broader than what is covered by our Affirmative Action Plan. 

It is the objective of Apollo to provide equal opportunity for employment.  Through the recruitment and retention of a competitive diverse workforce, we can leverage our diversity and better understand our customers' needs as well as enhance the communities we serve.  At Apollo, we believe diversity strengthens our competitive advantage.

Apollo makes decisions relative to employment, training, compensation, and promotion on the basis of job-related qualifications.  We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, gender, age, religion, disability or perceived disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Apollo is committed to the principles of tolerance and respect, fair treatment, equal access and consideration, and recognition for contributions. All management personnel are accountable and share in the responsibility for adherence to the policy.  Apollo is guided by the principle of equal opportunity and respect for others. Apollo's philosophy is based on the recognition of and value for the unique attribute brought to Apollo by each person. By keeping with these principles Apollo will successfully meet its corporate goals.

Office of Diversity

Apollo Group and its subsidiary companies supports, recognizes, and embraces staff, faculty and student diversity within the organization. Apollo Groupbelieves deeply in the value of celebrating differences.  The promotion of inclusiveness is of utmost importance in developing efforts in this area.  Apollo provides an atmosphere where everyone feels valued and empowered to perform at a peak level, regardless of the many ways people are different.  Listed below is the mission statement that reflects Apollo Group's goals and purposes in moving forward with its initiatives. It reads as follows:

Apollo Group recognizes and embraces the diversity of its students, staff, and faculty and, in recognition of this diversity, strives to maintain a united environment embodying principles of mutual respect and acceptance for everyone. It is within this environment that Apollo Group and its stakeholders will achieve success.

Apollo Groupis committed to ensuring an inclusive environment and will continue to explore diversity initiatives that will create greater value for the organization and our community.