Company: Apple
Date: 2018-09-29
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

World-Class Products, Great Learning Opportunities, Supportive Teams!
Pros: You get tremendous satisfaction working on products impacting lives of millions in the world! You don't get to publish as a researcher, don't have alot of freedom in your research, and are also expected to do alot of hands on Engineering work yourself, but then you have flexible hours, unlimited funding, really practical applications with great impact, and industry-leading brains to learn from. There is a great emphasis on work-life balance as you get long paternity leave, aren't expected to work on weekends, and you get to choose how you space your daily work hours.
Cons: Since idea to product lifecycle is really long, research moves slow. You don't get to publish, discuss or collaborate with anyone outside. Growth may be slow and difficult as you've to really struggle to shine in a basket full of diamonds.