Apple was a huge disappointment. - Senior Software Engineer Apple Employee Review

1.0
Jun 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is nice to be around so may really bright people and I did pretty well financially with my stock options/employee stock purchase plan.

Cons

As a female engineer, it was impossible for me to develop or even stay up to date. There were "some" really great guys who treated me as an equal from the first moment. However, there were too many others who excluded me, talked down to me, and discounted or ignored what I had to say. I was shut out from the projects and information that I needed to stay up to day or develop as an engineer. I did everything in my power to try to get around this, and was still shut out. They have a diversity program, but are very naive about what is really going on. I also got the distinct impression that the software engineers would never get the same respect and status as the hardware engineers. In addition, certain people, would obstruct teamwork and information sharing presumably to preserve their job security. The last thing that really bothered me was that certain teams were required to work seven days a week for 2 or 3 months straight, in order to get a product out.

Explore other reviews about Apple

5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Environment and people around you

Cons

The scheduling is vary spread

1
4.0
Aug 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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

1500
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All