See past the retail politics and view it as a stepping stone - you will fare well. - Anonymous employee Apple Employee Review

3.0
7 Mar 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Job security, fun new technology, great employee purchase plans, stock purchase plan, roth 401k, decent health insurance although it is going up and up every year. fun diverse group of people to work with. a tad bit "glamorous" to work at Apple even though everyone is shocked when you tell them your salary.

Cons

extremely low compensation. this is not jcpennys, the employees are pushing upwards of a million dollars per quarter in revenue for Apple and are getting a $9/hr paycheck with no bonus/commission. very humiliating and discouraging. it will vary store to store, but leadership in ours does not have a vested interest in employees, only short term problems being solved to make their life easier. employees are not as valued as the company says.

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Pros

High pay, flexible pto, free lunches

Cons

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4.0
28 Aug 2014
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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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