Company: Apple
Date: 2015-04-15
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Working in a sane environment with grownup individuals!
Pros: I recently finished my undergraduate degree in Psychology and took this job, despite being way overqualified for two reasons.

First, it was conveniently offered straight after I graduated. Second, I wanted to find out why Apple is considered to be so special.

Everything within Apple is transparent, peer reviewed and abuse trough colleagues or management is systematically eradicated.

A comprehensive health insurance package is provided for myself and my wife, covering a wide range of options.

I can work from home and all the required hardware and internet cost are covered by Apple.

There are a lot of different benefits provided that range from chunky discounts when you buy hardware to incentives if you work overtime.

The most important aspect is that you work in a sane environment with mostly emotionally and cognitive mature individuals.

The environment at Apple is constantly changing and depending on your background, relatively fast paced what makes every minute spent working feel like it was worthwhile.
Cons: Working for Apple is a credo and not done for monetary reasons, this is reflected in the pay.

There can be the occasional technical issue that impedes a smooth work flow.

The work is done in shifts and this might be alright if you at the start of your working career but I am most productive in the early morning hours.

The measuring of performance with the help of statistics is not done to the highest standards, it is often flawed and working towards targets based on those statistics can feel pointless.