Company: Apple
Date: 2013-03-29
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Fantastic compensation, high-stress environment
Pros: Co-workers are smart and the best at what they do
Impact of products is huge
Everything you work on typically ships out to customer
Highest compensation in the industry for HW workers
Cons: Always-on work climate - emails are answered within minutes, even on vacations/weekends
Not child-rearing-friendly
Inflexible working hours - few in HW ever work from home
Can't have a 'public persona' or represent Apple at conferences.  No credit outside the company for work you do.