Apple

Self-driven work environment.

Very good managers with in-depth technical knowledge and hands-on attitude.

Hands-on work environment: everyone, including managers, must actively contribute to the product design and implementation.

Very efficient work environment with minimum communication and bureaucratic overhead.

Extremely fast decision making, not always consensus-driven.

Very good salary and large RSU (stock) grants.

• Need-to-know policy: You are very concentrated on your component and not aware what colleagues in other teams are working on.
• Long working hours with evening meetings across time zones.
• Depending on your project, you might be working long hours on your own with relatively few interactions with other teammates.