Apple Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – We get to work on the products that people have real emotional commitment to, and thats something amazing to be part of.

Cons – its a lot of work, and there is a lot of dues to pay before one should expect a promotion

Advice to Senior Management – As long as we continue to do what we are have for the last 14 years have been doing, we will continue to be a great company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Apple

Pros – I wouldn't have been able to obtain the knowledge I got elsewhere. Definitely the most engaging thing on my resume.

Cons – Apple Retail is hit or miss when it comes to management teams. It can be a great experience if you get the right people!

Advice to Senior Management – Actually make the career path from retail to corporate legitimate. It really feels like a lie. No "programs" that will "eventually" get you there, give your own employees first dibs at the jobs in the company. As a mentor, I felt like I was lying when I said there was a definite career path to corporate.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – The people you work with at the retail level are pretty amazing.

Cons – Even though its a good work environment it's still retail at the end of the day.

Advice to Senior Management – Apple's retail arm can sometimes feel like a dead end job. Find away to keep the excitement about working for this company alive as you go forward. Sometimes I feel a little disposable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Good pay, work with great people, stimulating environment,

Cons – No real upward mobility. A LOT of repetitive tasks, i.e. showing people the basics over and over again, swapping out iPhones all day.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Apple has the absolute best culture in the business, hands down. The benefits are amazing especially for such a low position in the company. You work from home which is very nice on gas. Benefits include tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, Internet reimbursement, medical, dental, vision, 401k plans.

Cons – This job is very near the bottom of the totem pole. As a technical support advisor you hear every complaint from both the customer as well as management. Most people expect apple products to be perfect which wears on you. The pay is average.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – People, products, being on the cutting edge, never a slow period

Cons – secrecy of new products, lack of promotion from within

Advice to Senior Management – Weed out the incompetent management, there are a number of talented individuals waiting in the wings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Apple

Pros – Always one of the first people to get your hands on new products. Tons of excitement and energy around product releases that make you hyped to be a part of the Apple team. Tons of inept customers truly respect your technical skills.

Cons – No speculating about rumors or potential products, even though you want to. Company is growing so fast that they can't keep up with customer demand in the store.

Advice to Senior Management – Some hires are baffling. I understand the need for diversity, but I'm not sure how the mental capacity to perform technical basic functions is a skill they don't always look for.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Work at home, discounts to Apple and other places, knowledge of new products, being able to say you work for them, very thorough training.

Cons – Little understanding when sick or need to take a personal day - will fire you without question in you go over 3 missed days. Unforgiving about technical issues and will make you pay for them to be fixed. Not flexible with schedule -- will have you work at inconvenient times. Very high expectations.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more lenient with sick days! Offer more training when needed. Pay for necessities like "ergonomic" chair (couple hundred dollars that is required) and cover technical costs for messed up phone lines. Also, give phone/internet reimbursements on time.

Former Employee – worked at Apple

Pros – You get paid high in the beginning. Coworkers are fun to work with. Get to meet a lot of interesting people in the silicon valley stores.

Cons – People hired after you get paid more and you can't discuss pay with management because you sign an agreement not to reveal your pay to other specialists. Fearless feedback is a joke. I've gone through giving fearless feedback only for no change to happen.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees when they give you fearless feedback. We know how much our coworkers make so don't belittle us with less pay. Experienced specialists should get paid more than inexperienced, not the other way around.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Apple

Pros – -Apple (corporate) is "hands down" the most innovative and intelligent IT company in the world.
-Looks great on the resume (have to not include the retail part.)
-Decent product discount on computers and ipods (no iphone)
-health care after 1 year of part time service.
-cool to talk about technology all day and get paid.
-great college job

Cons – -Low pay
-low respect
-Depressingly dead end
-There is a perpetuated story that retail employees will have chances to move to corporate, this is pure fiction.

-Full of "failed to launch" art school alumni
-It is easier for unexperienced outsiders to be put into management positions than current employees.

-the GAP-ple retail joke is true

Advice to Senior Management – Allow the ground troops to move within the company. There is a lot of genuine talent in retail, but it all leaves when better jobs come around. Low pay really exacerbates this.

-To Stop the leaks at the bottom, allow upward expansion.