Not what you would expect - Anonymous employee Apple Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits package overall. Great gym, amazing canteen! The stock plan is well organised and it is a good way to invest in the company.

Cons

I am an Apple employee in Cork and I would suggest you to think twice before accepting a job in Apple Hollyhill. *Management* I have to say that I have never seen such poor management. People with no merit and no qualifications are managers in finance, apple care etc...I have seen 20 year-old people becoming manager after few years of work, no school, no real experience... It is the perfect place for mediocrity!! *Employees care* Funny story.. Apple is making a huge amount of money during pandemic, we as employees got a 15€ taxi voucher as a Christmas "present" and as a thanks for our hard work during the pandemic. This is ridiculous!! *Work/Life Balance* Managers (apart from AppleCare) do not respect your personal life. I have been asked why was I out sick when I took 1 day off because of my personal issues. I have been asked to log into the system and work during my Christmas holidays. *Inequalities* Apple is claiming to be the perfect place to work for inclusion and diversity but the truth is that Apple is discriminating a lot. People from different departments get different benefits, for example during Covid people in AppleCare got their internet reimbursed 50€/month, but in my team (finance) we didn't get anything, 0€!! When I asked if I could go back to my home country during Covid I was told that just higher managers could do it, the rest of us has to stay in Cork and pay incredibly expensive rents and sit in house arrest.

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Cons

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4.0
Aug 28, 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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