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Software QA Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Apple for 4 years
February 21, 2015
Cupertino, California
4.0
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Pros

Pros:

  • Get to work with some incredibly smart people on products/technology that's used all over the world.
  • Most people do work where the contribution really does matter.
  • Pay could be really good depending on your performance (i.e., stock options, bonus, etc.).
Cons

There are huge differences in work/life balance depending on you, your team, your manager, or your organization. This balance also depends on the ability to say "NO" at each of those levels to the people or team where that request is coming from.

Due to secrecy or culture, several teams often work on similar solutions, wasting engineering hours.

Similar mistakes from similar teams can sometimes be seen year after year.

Advice to Management

Provide feedback on the managers. This feedback is to be provided to the manager's manager as well as the level above.

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