Apple Vacations Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"This could be a fantastic place to work - unfortunately, it no longer is. Middle management micro-manages everyone, whether the workers are on their team or not. There is a huge disconnect between the highly trained and skilled employees (there is an intensive month-long training class before ever stepping out onto the reservations floor) and management who treats their teammates like children. Upper management are outdated and self-serving. Although the company states that it has an open-door policy with management, if you bring any grievance to their attention you are branded as a troublemaker and are passed over for promotions and FAM trips. On a positive note, the people that they hire are fantastic, fun, interesting, hard-working people. If management would stop micro-managing and trust the great people that they've hired, and replace some upper management positions for more modern, relevant managers who supported those under them and took advice from those in the trenches, the culture would improve dramatically. Management has favorites and only kiss-asses are promoted."

"This was a contract position that was fast, fun and engaging. The SDLC was Agile. We were working to tap into SAP for an online software travel application."

What do you like about working at Apple Vacations?

"The development team was extremely talented and good to work with."

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

"Things have changed so much since I was there, I really don't know what to say about this."

What don't you like about working at Apple Vacations?

"The budget was so tight, it was impossible to juggle priorities. We had to timebox and stick to deliverable dates even if the output quality suffered."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management I worked with has long gone, as has most of the team. However, I would suggest that Apple unify their development and project SDLC methodologies from three (charter plane company, travel infrastructure including web building, and resorts conglomerate) -- into one. This way the programs that affect several companies at a time can talk to one unified project plan with all team members and project managers working the same SDLC."