Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,163 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Apple has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43,163 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Apple employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Feb 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits (shares, wellness center on site); dentist, physio, massages (be aware though this is so you don’t leave the facility and work longer :) )

Cons

- zero work life balance; day is spent in meetings over meetings and real tasks can be completed after 4pm so your day never finishes at 4:30 / 5pm as per your expected work hours - management will create a panic over any query / issue that arises and whatsapp you over the weekend to fix issues or message you on your day off for input / slides - no task will be completed without your manager double checking every single forecast you come up with as they don't trust your abilities and love to micromanage people - when highlighting how bad direct management is to their superior, they just mask it as the employees fault, which means you are now "black listed" as difficult - when you point out all the things you've done and how well you performed, managers will backtrack and say they never said the things they did and you "misunderstood" - they are also very biased towards Irish people and any expat will have to work twice as hard to see any recognition meanwhile you have to complete the unconscious Bias training on a yearly basis - Apple will hire people above your pay grade with less experience and put them into senior positions, which means you will train them, do their work and yours meanwhile getting paid less and having to work harder to prove your senior status - when you try to move departments to escape your management, your application might be blocked by said management and you'll be given excuses about you not meeting the requirements even though you are a native speaker and in fact the only person, who speaks the language they are looking for and already working with the team and knowing the job inside out - when you are out sick prior your resignation because of the bad management and inflicted stress, the company will mask it as you leaving because of "personal reasons", not in fact because of the bad management you have endured - while you are out sick, senior management will also gossip about your absence on the floor and ask your friends about your whereabouts - people will resign in SDM every 2 weeks due to bad management and there are no investigations being done by HR as everything will be covered up as "resigning due to personal reasons" - on your last day you won't even get a message from your manager then because they take it as personal offense, that you dare to leave their team and they won't be participating in your leaving present either even though you might have done them favours by constantly working over time to complete their ridiculous asks, then dropping them home as the last bus would have left and asking them occasionally for coffee to make the transition into a new city easier, but of course they will be too petty to contribute even 20Euro after all this :)

1.0
Sep 25, 2023

Worst job everrrrrrr

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

only apple benefits like private insurance, gym, coursera and employee discount

Cons

the worst job i have ever done! you need to work on thr program of the analyst and reach 5.2 hours in a shift of 8 hours, once you leave your space or go to eat, walk around or a team meeting it doesnt count as job time. very very repetative. i only stay at the job for the benefits and asked to do part time until i find something new

1.0
Jan 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None. Do not work here.

Cons

worked as an annotation analyst from the creation of the AIML department in late 2019 until 2022. In the Lavits Quay office in Cork city centre. The job in short was to listen and transcribe audio taken by Siri. And to analyse the response of Siri to the user. This role in my opinion is completely mind numbing click work. It is the same task every day listening and transcribing short audio snippets in the thousands every day. and doing a few niche side projects at the side which are equally as tedious. The job was pretty ok and relaxed at the start in 2019 when the department was in its early stages. As time went by more emphasis was put on hitting KPIs which solely just measure keystrokes and mouse movements which now require constant attention to meet the targets. People have left this role over constant harassment and micromanagement over KPIs. People are constantly micromanaged and management is always thinking of ways to further oversee employees. The starting salary is quite poor for Cork. Working in what’s supposed to be the richest multinational in the world. Pay increases are quite low too. Expect to barely make the rate of inflation. Shares which take years to cash out are sometimes given. But In small amounts. The benefits aren’t bad. But aren’t any better than any other multinational. Wfh is uncompetitive as this role requires you to be in the office three days a week. Other companies offering more working from home options. The office culture can only be described as cult like. If any issue is brought to the attention of management it’s always shrugged of as “but you work for Apple. Be glad for that” You are constantly forced to take part in corporate cringe activities. Treated like adult children by management. There is close to no career progression in this role. As most promotions are given to friends of friends. Management shifts their responsibilities onto analysts by creating new roles with added tasks with no additional pay. In summary. This job may be tempting for a recent graduate. But I’d still stay away. As the work itself is soul destroying and benefits aren’t much better than a normal multinational without all the cons.

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