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Updated May 23, 2013
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3.8 2,045 reviews

                             

93% Approve of the CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Tim Cook

(772 ratings)

81% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Sacramento, CA

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than 3 years

ProsStick with them and they will treat you golden. Very nice company to work for.

ConsApple will turn into your life. You will join the cult and converge to all of their products. You will want to buy everything and spend money from all of the discounts you get!

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep on with the Employee appreciation and fun activities.

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

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Cherry Hill, NJ

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

ProsStaff was always friendly, and I enjoyed the upbeat atmosphere. It was always busy and I had a lot of practice with the customers.

ConsThe staff is a bit cut throat, fighting for sales. They also barrage the customer.

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

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

ProsGreat benefits, they are better than any other I have seen, EVER

ConsThe retail part of the company is a grind, while corporate jobs are more enjoyable.
Difficult to move vertically within the company. Most of the hiring is done externally.

Advice to Senior ManagementDevelop your internal talent. Encourage promoting from within. Continue the great benefits and never lose focus of taking care if your most important asset, your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Metairie, LA

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than 3 years

ProsGreat company, great employees, overall great experience.

ConsCan be limited career opportunities working on the retail side.

Advice to Senior ManagementNeed to interact more with employees.

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

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Century City, CA

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

ProsAmazing place to work for obvious reasons. You get what you put into your work and can move up if willing to work hard

ConsI worked at an Apple store in a huge city so I am not sure if same pro above relates to smaller stores

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Arlington, VA

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

ProsFriendly environment, flexible times, benefits, discounts, great people, approachable management, fun, relaxed

ConsRoom for advancement doesn't seem to be dictated necessarily by performance, but by who is a bigger 'suck up'.

Advice to Senior ManagementSet more realistic expectations in terms of advancement.

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Albuquerque, NM

Current Employee – been working at Apple as a contractor for more than a year

ProsWork part time while attending college and great benefits.

ConsNo cons come to mind at the moment.

Advice to Senior ManagementNo Advice to management at this time.

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Cupertino, CA

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

ProsI 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.)

ConsThe 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 ManagementDivest 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!

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Current Employee – been working at Apple

ProsWorkplace is awesome, people are awesome!

ConsWork schedules and most people are contracted so no benefits

Advice to Senior ManagementHire on directly faster instead of waiting till contract is over

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Tucson, AZ

Former Employee – worked at Apple part-time for less than a year

ProsGood experience, looks good on resume, better pay than most college jobs, benefits, work from home

ConsVery little time to relax, non stop calls, deal with angry customers, stressful situations

Advice to Senior ManagementOnce school started the team started to get distant and no longer felt like a team environment. Find a way team members can interact and stay close together during the school year.

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