Company: Apple
Date: 2012-09-07
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Corporate vs. Retail are day and night
Pros: Creative, innovative, fast paced and exciting.  The best products in the world. Only perfection is acceptable.  Salary/benefits are competitive.  RSUs.
Cons: Horrible management.  There are probably more managers than there are ICs.  The reason for this is Apple just promotes people based on years at Apple. First level managers have no mgmt or leadership skills.  I've never seen so many managers have one direct report.  Even then, they are not really managing.  Awful culture.  No training, no support.  Everyone is ultra competitive.  Zero work life balance.  Expect to work 18 hour days, 6.5 days/week.  Frequent travel, up to 50%.