Pros
- Interesting teammates; people I’d want to spend time with - Cool work
Cons
- Non-existing work-life balance. This is not an exaggeration. People will email well beyond appropriate business hours, ping, text, email like they text. Weekend and late night work is expected. - Ridiculous overtime at no additional comp for salaried employees; this is “meeting expectations”. I’ve never been thanked or apologized to when interrupted on a Sunday afternoon. I have not had a weekend in a month. I did not get Memorial Day off, I had to skip Mother’s Day, I already know I will be expected to work Labor Day. What is the price of your time and life? - Most execs and leads are men. My team is most female, on the ground level, while all leads are men. I came from Google. It was an extremely tough decision to make. The creative is stronger here; there is no arguing that. That’s why I came. In comparison to Google, who also has peak moments of large work volume, my experience has been that Apple does not consider the cost and considerations of pushing for more work. The compensation isn’t as comparable to Google. The benefits are definitely not. The culture is teetering toxic. Essentially, on all other levels aside from creative and cool co-workers, I’d recco Google hands down.