Apple Operations politics - Anonymous employee Apple Employee Review

3.0
6 Sept 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with a few very bright and creative people.

Cons

I believe that certain directors in Apple's Manufacturing Operations will burn out an employee to the point where the employee's ability to function is seriously impaired. The director can then drive them out of the company and get someone fresher. I believe that they often target an employee early as a candid for removal. Even a good performer who falls out of favor politically can look forward to intense scrutiny for many months or years.

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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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