The comp packages and benefits are great, as you would expect.
No work-life balance here. But with so many younger employees who are hungry and have minor life-commitments (no kids, can work long hours and/or at night), if you don't fit your manager's expectation of their ideal employee, expect nothing from them. 4 managers in 4 years here and this has been my observation with each.
What are the annual rewards range at apple for ICT3, ICT4, and ICT5? in comparison, at MSFT, an L61/62 get 0-10% reward, L63/64 gets 0-20% reward? What is the reward system for Apple?
Your Chase Sapphire Preferred points are worth 25% or more when you redeem for any product on the Apple® Ultimate Rewards® Store.*
Wealthfront has APY boost for most of the companies. But it doesn’t show up for Albertsons! Why? https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Meta https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Apple https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Netflix https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Microsoft https://www.wealthfront....Read more
Apple folks, when are the performance reviews ? what is the cycle? What is cutoff date for person to join apple for being eligible for review that year? Also are there any mid cycle hikes? What can a new joinee expect to get as rewards in the first review. #apple #applebonus
Getting top unis in Asian countries like IIT (India), Tsinghua (China), etc is much harder and selective than top US unis like Stanford, Harvard for local students. The folks there are statistically have higher IQ as well through the process. So which one would u choose if given both offers for bac...Read more
I will go first: Chase sapphire reserve (bad pick lol) Amex blue cash preferred City double cash back Amazon prime visa rewards Apple card
Can some one share the patent rewards program at Facebook and Apple? I know that Google gives 5000 bucks and Broadcom about 4K split into two (It used to be generous 500 RSU during the legacy Broadcom days, but things have changed since) Does FB and Apple encourage patents/IPR. Any schemes in place...Read more
Attain by Aetna tracks exercises with Apple Watch and rewards with either $275 gift cards or Apple Watch series 6 if you pay $200. Wonder what are the daily exercise requirements for award and how difficult is it. Should one choose Apple Watch option or gift cards option? I currently do not have Ap...Read more
At MS, we have a bunch of small benefits for medical and reimbursements for gym among many others. What are some of the benefits you get at Apple outside of normal salary, RSUs and rewards ?
I was in sf market Street walking and some guy took my phone while I was talking to my friend. I have made a police report, however no hope. Anyway long story short it was iPhone 11, I found that I have apple care+ and not Apple Care with theft so won't get my money back. I got the phone with my ba...Read more
Recently joined GSM team at Apple. Will be travelling frequently to HK and Shanghai. Any recommendations on United vs Cathay. Which has better inflight services and rewards program(especially for travel to India) Full Disclosure - Indian guy looks to collect points to visit back. TC - 200k
I spent two years as a swe at microsoft and then for my third year I became machine learning scientist at microsoft. i got to my new team in spring and now my new manager tried to sell below average rewards as average rewards. but I was not tricked because this is not my first year at microsoft and ...Read more
Organisations like Apple, Google use complex tax structuring to minimize their taxes, how can an employee do such forms of tax structuring? Say like giving on paper offer as contractor and treating as employee for tax efficiency ? Or giving salary as gold/bitcoin rewards / flight tickets / paid holi...Read more
I bought an Apple watch on Amazon mostly using gift cards from work rewards. The delivery guy switched the label onto a different box that just had cheap earbuds in it. I returned the box but Amazon isn’t acknowledging the return even though the support agent said they did receive it. Calls/chats wi...Read more
As the title says, is Microsoft the only company in big tech to not offer employees merit increases this year? I know Microsoft is typically more frugal than other companies like Apple, Meta, Google, Amazon, etc. However, the lack of raises this year has made me extremely disappointed and unhappy wi...Read more
Completely lost confidence in Adobe after being ditched on promotion and rewards in the last cycle so looking for a referral for an engineering role at a normal company like big tech or a fast pace startup with growth potential. Based in Austin, TX, but ready to relocate if worth it. 13yrs of dev a...Read more
Moving to a new city and will be spending a lot in the next couple of months - furniture, home deco etc. Whole Foods is around the corner and not owning a car so will likely take Uber time to time. My job doesn't require any travel, so wondering which credit card would work best for me. Currently ...Read more
I came across Apple Credit Card and found it gives 2% cash back apart from 3% on selective products. However it doesn’t give any welcome bonus of $200 as Chase bank does. What’s your opinion on it? I am looking for 2 extra credit cards as I already have BOA Cash rewards. Would you suggest any other...Read more
When comparing offers, benefits make things less black and white. Microsoft has great benefits that are easy to overlook when a big signing bonus offer is made, but that’s a long term benefit whereas the immediately available benefits can really impact life starting on Day 1. Sounds like Microsoft ...Read more
Just got an offer from Apple, you tell me whether you think good or bad, average or low. This is an offer for EPM, he wouldn't tell me a number lvl but said high senior. I have 5 yoe as PM at msft. 180k base 75k sign-on cash 160k RSUs over 4 yrs He said annual rewards are typically 3% merit increa...Read more