Company: Apple
Date: 2018-02-06
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Fun but demanding
Pros: Awesome benefits. The variety of people at Apple is absolutely a great aspect. It creates for incredible networking and collaboration. The campus itself in Austin, TX is really beuatiful. Through my almost five years there, they have added on many things to the campus which were direct responses to employee feedback and requests. It's great having medical offices on campus, too, but see the Cons for other thoughts on that.
Cons: It's very competitive, and not being at the top of staff ranks usually could mean a less desired shift as for many front-line roles, schedules are changed quarterly in which your staff rank determines your place in line in a "shift bid." So with a late shift, sitting at your desk all day in a cube farm-type setting, plus having your doctor and food on campus, it can feel like you're living at work sometimes. Especially for those unfortunate soles who work the weekends where the campus is basically closed.
With it being such a large company, it's difficult to sometimes find out who to talk to for things like benefits and compensation. Despite leading in performance and extracurricular contributions, your annual raise might barely be a few percentage points above the typical inflation rate.