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A great place for developing an engineering and design mindset

Software Engineering Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Apple for 6 years
September 18, 2021
Cupertino, California
4.0
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Pros
  • Great corporate values; do good for people and the planet.
  • Top leadership cares and listens to feedback.
  • Stock compensation is better than at most companies.
  • Learning is substantial; you learn how to stay focused and ship a product.
Cons
  • Internal movement is stifled, despite what the senior leadership claims.
  • You need to inform your manager if you are interviewing internally.
  • There are not enough avenues to grow after a certain point.
  • Growth is highly controlled by the manager and director.
Advice to Management
  • Please remove the requirement to inform your manager when you are interviewing internally. Any employees who are looking to move to other teams for whatever reasons risk their bonuses, stock compensation, and growth opportunities when they inform their managers. It is unfair and restricts internal movement.

  • Please develop internal tracks to make it easier for employees to switch to alternative careers, such as program management, product management, and software engineering. Encourage hiring managers to hire from the pool of employees who have signed up for any of such tracks.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
5.0

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