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      Principal Engineers - Principal Engineer Apple Employee Review

      1.0
      Apr 10, 2015
      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Their pay is better than most company, but you have to work extremely long hours and weekend.

      Cons

      Zero work/life balance Unethical management. The manager in my department (Silicon Engineering Group) only cares what his/her boss thinks and try whatever possible to please his/her boss. They consistently made up stories/lies to make them good in front of others. If things go bad, they try their best to blame others and cover their fault. Nonfunctional HR. HR plays very weak role. Reporting management issues to HR does not help, instead the retaliation is what you can get.

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      5.0
      Jun 5, 2026
      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The environment and team are great.

      Cons

      No cons that pose as a deterrent

      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

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