What Apple employees think about the company's corporate culture
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Around Apple's secrecy reigns an incredible atmosphere almost from its inception. It is rarely possible to know in advance about plans today revealed a week later released. The long delay was only with the Apple Watch and Mac Pro - since the announcement to release six months later. Secrecy comes to the fact that some employees do not understand what to work. While it will not show on the stage.
The question arises: how to work in a company where you do not know and 10% of what is happening? That is why very few people know what is actually happening inside the company. But the service Quora helped to find an answer to this question. Some reports have also affected the era of Steve Jobs, some are more recent, and they are different: it is no secret that when Tim Cook corporate culture has changed a bit. As it looks now - in the answers below.
The first rule of Apple - never mentioned Apple.
Justin Maxwell, UI-designer, says that if he's still working at Apple, he would not be able to participate in this poll. During Apple's work comes to an understanding of the company and work in it - something more than yourself. "Are you working on new systems, the new unibody enclosure is part of your job, but not something that is worth writing in his blog," - says Justin.
Everyone who works at Apple, feel a great affection for her. Ordinary employee Andrew Guan added that the Chinese Apple Store managers even climb on the table and shout his staff: "We are Apple!» Then those happily respond in kind: "We are Apple» Some employees conceal the fact that work in Cupertino, to not answer a lot of stupid questions about what is happening inside.
Delicious food covers all defects
According to one anonymous, the campus of the company is really beautiful (and it's not a new Apple Campus 2). Inside there are several restaurants where you can take sushi or spicy Mexican food, a salad or a sandwich.
The cafeteria is always noisy and crowded, but the chefs in their spotless white aprons cope with the fact that all the feed and send to work. Another anonymous added that he also liked the food and the lack of a corporate dress code (here no one goes to Gucci or Versace), but added that the atmosphere in the company is incredibly difficult for Company:
Managers-paranoid, no respect to the other, constant pressure and delay in operation. Work here - a big risk.
post office
According to Nitin Ganatry controlling department applications for iOS, Apple's on you constantly pouring hundreds of letters from all sides:
You receive a letter, but it is not meant to you. It is from Scott (Forstall - Approx. ed), although it has sent to you, Steve (Jobs -. Note. Ed.), and he urgently waiting for a response. And so on until three in the morning, while the vice-presidents will not receive an answer to your question. Such repeated day after day, week after week, for years.
Don Melton, the managing department of Internet technology, adds that while everyone is always waiting for an answer, and if it is not followed, become very irritable. Whether lunch break now or 2am - waiting for an answer immediately.
When someone comes to me and says he wants to become a manager, I just ask the question: "How did you sleep tonight?" After which all respond: "Well," - and I immediately added: "Well, since this was your last quiet night".
Melton also said that Apple is difficult to imagine a quiet Sunday
You are sitting with a phone in front of a computer, for a meeting on Monday, and the need to prepare for it. It does not matter now, and the output is your favorite show.
The only exception was a time when they showed "The Sopranos" - this show loved Scott Forstall and nobody bothered during his show. Probably for this reason, Apple and updated each year the Mail application, and in the latest update iOS even mode "picture in picture" started to look and series, and on the management letter to respond.
Steve got what he wanted
Chad Little, Apple designer said that if Steve Jobs was not involved in your project, you can do it for months at a relaxed pace. But if Steve was interested in the result, everything was done extremely quickly:
Nobody even imagined that a person is able to do something as fast.
Secrecy - part of the company culture
Dave Black, engineer, says that one of the main precepts of corporate culture was the secrecy. The company almost no one said working on what and how things are going. Information is revealed only at the time when it was really important.
Marketers around the head
According to an anonymous, in Apple's ball is ruled by marketers. They say that people need now and what product should bring to the market. Also of great importance is the key number of reviewers who write reviews of the company's products. One of these is considered to be the chief editor of the portal Re / code's Walt Mossberg, a good friend of Apple executives.
No "Think Different"
According to one of the company's employees, Apple has built a great myth around him. On the one hand, everyone can see "Think Different" posters, while inside the Apple is working strictly by the rules, and employees must strictly follow them.
Apple is not a place for children
One of the anonymous employee said the company Apple - this is not a place for children. Most of the staff are well over 30 years, they have a great life and work experience.
At the same time, all these people are constantly involved in sports. A huge number of employees participating in a triathlon, rides a bike and running marathons. The atmosphere in the company causes that throw their extra few kilos quickly and easily. By the way, Tim Cook did not hide the fact that the time of waking up at 5 am by the time and goes to the gym.
But in the end work at Apple is quite normal
One of the anonymous authors noted that most of the employees of Apple has the normal operation, which is repeated every day.
We do not advocate every day with the presentation of a new product under the gaze of thousands of people. Most of the time we sit at the table and write code.
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