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      The sausages taste great, but the factory is just as messy - Software Engineer Apple Employee Review

      2.0
      18 June 2008
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Your work gets in the hands of millions. When you win the occasional battle to get something done right, you can help a lot of people.

      Cons

      Apple is hyper-secretive, which is both frustrating in principle and make it difficult to do your job. (1) A lot of wheels get reinvented every week. (2) The feeling that you (as an engineer) aren't trusted *really* bothers me. Besides, all the leaks come from marketing and ops anyway.

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      5.0
      8 June 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Compensation, location and work-life balance

      Cons

      I did not experience any.

      4.0
      28 Aug 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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