Working at Apollo Group in Phoenix, AZ: 28 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Phoenix, AZ Area

"I've been working for Apollo Group since 2010. I was able to rapidly move up due to outstanding word of mouth by my peers. My current team is nothing short of awesome, from the Director on down. Unfortunately, the Senior leadership team is unstable, going through 2 CIOs and 2 CTOs in the four years there. The current CIO is all about outsourcing and has gutted the IT staff, both through RIFs and attrition."

"It was a good experience being an Intern at Apollo group. I got to learn the entire Hadoop Stack. Then I was further extended internship to work with them."

"I have worked for Apollo for over eight years. It has been a decent company to work for, but it is now struggling to reinvent itself. It had a meteoric rise for the past couple of decades. That has changed as the demographic of customer, the industry and technology has changed. The company could not stay on the innovative edge of education."

"A lot of change in short amount of time."

"UOP was a good employer. I gained many skills and experiences there."

"Absolutely loved working here. Got extensive experience on SalesForce and SoapUI testing. The entire team was so integrated and focused, that working on 2 week agile cycles, we made excellent bug free deliveries to the client."

"The current CIO has destroyed the IT organization. Most of the key players the kept the organization running have left. It's only a matter of time until major outages cause a major pain for Apollo."

"worked at avnet inc as a SR. QA Analyst. Great communication skills and organizational skills."

What do you like about working at Apollo Group?

"I like working on the product that helps with University's admission and records document, my co-workers and my manager"

What don't you like about working at Apollo Group?

"The frequent change of upper management and decision to change the products frequently"

"A place to learn, experience and have fun."

What do you like about working at Apollo Group?

"The ability to work with technologies that are exciting and interesting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Please review the industry, the company and make sure your fully aware of the workplace culture."

What don't you like about working at Apollo Group?

"The political issues and environment the workplace has been for a very long time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have given management the idea of growing the culture into one that cares about its most precious resources which is it's people."

What do you like about working at Apollo Group?

"There is nothing that I like about working at Apollo Group."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not accept the job, unless the culture has turned around. The workforce is extremely disengaged and the upper management don't care about the lower levels. They cut all of our benefits and then made a big deal about how the executive members were not taking an annual increase. As if I care, they make 4-5 times what I make. The upper management blatantly lies in company communications. They claimed they were going to prorate merit increase, but what they really did was delay the merit month by ~6 months and then cut the maximum increase in half. That's NOT a proration!"

What don't you like about working at Apollo Group?

"The upper management is extremely out of touch with the employees. They reduced the employee bonuses because employee engagement was low."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Actually pay attention to the employees and not pretend to."

"Poor pay, poor quality and overpriced products."

What do you like about working at Apollo Group?

"Very little to nothing. Students pay their dues and get their piece of paper."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't bother. It is as cloe to a diploma mill that you can get."

What don't you like about working at Apollo Group?

"My association with a poor brand. Teaching students who are being deceived that their diplomas are worth much."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Imrove all aspects and re-launch, and provide a quality product to their customers."

"Professional growth opportunities with empowerment to product development"

What do you like about working at Apollo Group?

"As described in the summary, professional growth opportunities and empowerment to accomplish the job at hand."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There will be challenges to overcome working through the misalignment between customers, product owners, and engineering. A tip in overcoming these challenges may be to find a balance between working within the product management short-comings and maintaining professional integrity."

What don't you like about working at Apollo Group?

"Recent corporate cultural shifts and vision do not align with the product quality and thoughtfulness that software developers and engineers seek."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Re-examine the product development strategy to align with the needs of internal and external customers."