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Great products and people, but subpar project scheduling and pay

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Apple for less than 1 year
June 17, 2008
Cupertino, California
4.0
RecommendsApproves of CEO
Pros

Best products in the industry, period. You'll feel the envy of the industry working here. Highly talented, interesting, motivated coworkers that will drive you to learn & create. A place that you're proud to tell people you work. Excellent perks for commuters.

Cons

Often unrealistic project schedules lead to semi-permanent crunch mode. Unproductive employees can carve out a niche and stick around way too long without contributing; this leeches from morale. Caffe Macs is largely mediocre, although it has seen some improvements as of late.

Compensation and bonuses are uninspiring because they know you don't want to work anywhere else, which is understandable but still unfortunate.

Advice to Management

Your good employees deserve to be paid well and share in Apple's success – don't wait until they start looking elsewhere before offering to compensate them appropriately.

Remember that your employees have families, so start scheduling projects more realistically.

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