You have to fight for your right to party - Senior Engineer Apple Employee Review

5.0
16 Jan 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work with stellar and deadly dedicated people on amazing products. Learn what it is that makes Apple different. Frequent opportunities to move to the project you like. Receive broad and career changing visibility if you are able to do something great. Forget longish and back breaking analysis work. It is acting by the seat of your pants that gets the job done in time and if you've really got the vibes, Apple is the place to be. Enjoy good food and cool beer bashes.

Cons

With too many superstar, it's difficult to shine and sparkle. Everyone strives to get a rare chunk of management's attention, always. Coworkers are wisely behaving nice as only teamwork keeps you in the loop, which is so essential for survival at Apple. But don't be foolish. Everyone has her secret personal agenda. Your boss will most likely be an accidentially promoted engineer, not a manager. Good ideas are always welcome, but don't act surprised when yours are put down at first and later get presented by somebody else than you, in a meeting where you are not invited. Be prepared to fight for your family life and against burn out, everyday. Expectations and pressure can be almost unbearably high. On a day where you decide to not work at night, everybody else on your team will and you will learn next morning that you have been blocking at least half of them.

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