Company: Apple
Date: 2016-08-12
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Newbie POV
Pros: Health, dental and optical insurance. Well planned integration of new employees. Adequate training and realistic expectations of new hires. Accessible and supportive managers, specialist and senior colleagues as well as more experienced colleagues at the same level. A real willingness to share knowledge and promote teamwork from everyone. Individual performance is monitored closely. It serves to advise how to improve performance where necessary and congratulate performance when due. Individual information is accessible to employees and can be compared to the team as a whole.
Cons: Salary is only 27k. Not a lot in the Dublin area. Only 23 days holiday. Health Insurance benefit in kind tax is not paid by the company. Lunch break is short. As with all American companies, even Apple with its excellent attitude towards employees and customers  does encourage plastic politeness which is not appropriate when dealing with EMEIA contacts. This can usually be dispensed with though, by simply being genuinely caring and polite.