Company: Apple
Date: 2008-10-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

cool, hip company for young people, but they can work you hard
Pros: one of the best reasons to work for apple is that it has a really creative, young, energetic culture.  i think a big part of it is that the company makes really awesome market-leading products that people get excited about months in advance of release.  whenever a new product launches, people who work at apple get really excited, and there's a certain amount of pride associated with being a part of this company.  another cool thing is that i think that the senior management share a pretty common vision of what the potential of their products are, where they want to take the company, etc.
Cons: a secretive environment and ridiculously busy people