Company: Apple
Date: 2013-06-19
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

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Pros: – Great salary
– Good name for the resume
– Semi-decent discounts on Apple products
– Special concerts by great artists during summer Beer Bash
Cons: – Very poor leadership
– Work w/ a wide range of people: from ex-agency folks who are sharp to 50 year old parents who want the salary and stock but not the hours 
– Work within creative and strategic constraints (thinking outside the box is discouraged)
– No accountability from leadership down 
– Flat organization which prevents a lot of growth 
– Recruiting is sharp and well-trained in pitching the job, etc. 
– Easier to get into Apple then to leave (no exit interview, no benefit reviews, shuts off cell service, etc.)
– Too much gray. 
– Operations (process and response time) is hit and miss from IS&T to HR
– Very impersonal because it is so large. Each department has their own internal intranet site and emails and hotlines. The in-person HR lead knowledge is inconsistent to the hotline.