If you like making your own opportunities, this is the place... - Senior Systems Architect Apple Employee Review

4.0
Feb 27, 2015
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Pros

Apple has a very solid culture of respecting employees and offering challenging work that will change the world. The important thing to know is that you should be ready to make opportunities for yourself and not sit around waiting for someone else to hand you a dream assignment. You need to network with other teams and be aware of what's coming. With that information, get yourself in front of the hiring manager and let them know you're interested. This is how you have a great experience at Apple. Take charge of your future.

Cons

Not so much a con as advice that applies anywhere. Apple has a range of managers with varying levels of skill at managing. Ask good questions of any prospective manager to find out how they manage in certain situations. How do they recognize above and beyond contributions from their directs? How do they manage conflicts inside the group and between groups? What professional development programs do they have in place for their directs? There are many other questions and I encourage you to search online for some more. Your manager is the single largest influence on whether you enjoy your job. Take the time to get to know her/him in the interview process.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

I am inspired by the technical expertise I see at the leadership level. People are collaborative. And the work is really interesting.

Cons

Some business operations processes are not built for scale, causing a lot of wasted effort

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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