Apple reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(43,139 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 43,139 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Mar 6, 2019

Aha iOS tier 1 English

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at home can be great at the start The training is fun and last 3 weeks Managers are pleasant most of the time Up to 50 euro refund on your monthly internet bill

Cons

Oh boy here we go Customers ( or people in pocession of a iOS device to be exact ) are very rude and abusive be prepared to have racist remarks said to you. And nothing will be done by management. There was one case where this customer was ringing up drunk and abusing tier 1 and on to tier 2 advisors every day for months and repeat over a broken phone that was 10 years old. It’s 2019. It’s ok to fire the customer. Call after call. Three seconds intervals. The support offered by tier 1 is so broad that Is stressful because you may not encounter the same issue for months and you forget. Shifts last 13 weeks and you have to be in the top 5 percent to pick your shifts. I achieved this once but it impossible to sustain as the goal posts are always changing. Be prepared you could easily get a Thursday to Tuesday shift 1130 to 8 pm. There is also no allowance for personal circumstances such as family commitments. Your shift is your shift and that’s that. There is a swap programme but it’s full of people with terrible shifts looking for a less awful shift. 8 mins a day toilet break or personal time. Go over this time and expect a discussion sheet. Leave one minute early and get a discussion sheet but it’s okay to be on a call 30 mins after u finish. Holiday booking is bizarre. There is group allowance and you book 6 months in advance. If the hours are not available you need to grovel for a exception so you can go to Majorca with your family. Every year you are told you are working Xmas day and then around early December they tell you that it’s closed for Xmas day and your supposed to thank them and sing hallelujah because they gave you Xmas day off. How nice. But your working every other day over Xmas. Believe that. Tier 2 support overall are nice. There are the guys who you ring to when you have lost your reason to live and want to die. They can be grumpy but I don’t blame them. They put up with the worst calls. There are benefits such as health insurance product discounts etc but most multi national companies offer these anyway. You pay benefit in kind on all insurance and dental and gym reimbursement so it’s not really free at all. The day drags and isolation is a major problem. You be talking to yourself on your breaks after a year if your house is empty where you work.

1.0
Dec 27, 2018

Steer Clear

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for a college student/kid that won't keep the job long.

Cons

I am not paid on time due to inept managers. I'm always told they'll follow up with an "IOU" on the next paycheck. The government has to subsidize my income because Apple does not pay a living wage considering the high costs of living in my state. Because of the low wages the Apple pays, our family has to rely on food stamps. There is no way to obtain a second income because their "shift bidding" is so sporadic. Most opportunities at the company are lateral moves with no pay increase. It's telling when you cannot afford to purchase the products the company you work for produces.

1.0
Sep 16, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great health insurance benefits and employee discounts. Work from home, claim tax benefits on rent and electricity.

Cons

Management don't give a damn if you're sick and will bully you into leaving. Complaints to upper management don't go anywhere. Extremely stressful for very low pay. Can get lonely. Equipment provided for call work (headsets) are painful to wear, you can buy your own but if you're found out management goes ballistic. You are not provided with the most up to date technology and as such it can be difficult to provide support - you are expected to buy products yourself. No opportunity for promotion. If you have a bad manager they will bully you into cancelling any overtime you have scheduled if you receive a bad review from a customer.

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