Apple slips one spot to seventh on LinkedIn's top companies of 2019 list

AppleInsider

LinkedIn has just released its annual list of the most sought employers and includes Apple at number seven -- down one spot from the previous year.

LinkedIn top companies 2019

LinkedIn notes that tech companies continue to be in strong demand, with half of the top companies come from that industryAlphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Salesforce, Deloitte, and Uber all beat out Apple in the remaining top six spots on the list.

Apple's headcount globally has buoyed from 123,000 to 132,000, according to LinkedIn. Engineering, IT, and sales were the three categories with the most new hires in 2019. More hires are expected to continue as Apple plans to create 20,000 new jobs over the next five years.

To create their annual Top Companies list, LinkedIn users actions, and data collected from their 546+ million members across the world. They analyze actual user actions including job demand from job postings, engagement with the company, interest in its employees, and retention.

Unlike last year, LinkedIn did not include particular reasons or perks as of why employees were drawn to Apple. Previously, LinkedIn cited Apple's maternity leave policy of 18 weeks for new moms, six weeks for dads, willingness to freeze eggs for those who prefer to defer parenthood, and the 25 percent discount on the company's devices as compelling reasons to join the iPhone and Mac maker.

lkrupp

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

ArloTimetraveler

I care about LinkedIn surveys as much as Elvis Presley possibly still being alive.

Arszy

LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, so there's the reason.   

knowitall

Better be LinkedOut.

gatorguy

Arszy said:

LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, so there's the reason.   

They could at least have put themselves in in the top 5 then. Silly company. 

Latko

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Soli

Arszy said:

LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, so there's the reason.   

And yet MS isn't even in the list of 50 companies? It's almost as if MS created this list honestly and fairly based on statistical data.

gatorguy

Soli said:

Arszy said:

LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, so there's the reason.   

And yet MS isn't even in the list of 50 companies? It's almost as if MS created this list honestly and fairly based on statistical data.

  

Appleish

Mark my words, LinkedIn will take Apple down...





  

lkrupp

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

ROFLMAO

StrangeDays

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

Johan42

StrangeDays said:

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

I’ve built a couple of Hackintosh that run faster and at a cheaper price than Mac Pros. I’m sorry but Macs are overpriced, and nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows. Stay delusional, my friend.

JWSC

I didn’t know we cared about popularity contests.

lkrupp

Johan42 said:

StrangeDays said:

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

I’ve built a couple of Hackintosh that run faster and at a cheaper price than Mac Pros. I’m sorry but Macs are overpriced, and nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows. Stay delusional, my friend.

Then why are you here?

randominternetperson

Who the heck would want to work at Uber?  I've never heard anything positive about their corporate culture.  Presumably driving for Uber doesn't "count" since they aren't employees, so that leaves corporate and IT jobs.  I suppose their self-driving car work is interesting and cutting edge, but the rest...?

randominternetperson

Johan42 said:

StrangeDays said:

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

I’ve built a couple of Hackintosh that run faster and at a cheaper price than Mac Pros. I’m sorry but Macs are overpriced, and nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows. Stay delusional, my friend.

"nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows."

LOL.  If you said that (in your opinion) Macs aren't worth the (perceived) cost premium over a WinTel box, you'd at least sound rational.  At the end of the day a Mac can do 99% of what a Windows PC can do and vice versa.  Many would argue that Macs are easier to use and more reliable, but to suggest that Macs are radically less "useful" than a PC is simply delusional.

crowley

From 0 to 60 (Apple Defense and Shit Slinging) in near record time. Never change, AI loons. 

LinkedIn are very well placed to gather such data, and 7th place is very respectable. Good show Apple, and also to the 6 places that are even better to work for, even though your other business practices may be less admirable (I’m particularly looking at you, Uber and Facebook).

Soli

crowley said:

From 0 to 60 (Apple Defense and Shit Slinging) in near record time. Never change, AI loons. 

LinkedIn are very well placed to gather such data, and 7th place is very respectable. Good show Apple, and also to the 6 places that are even better to work for, even though your other business practices may be less admirable (I’m particularly looking at you, Uber and Facebook).

LOL I doubt anyone will break your record...

• Apple Defense: "7th place is very respectable. Good show Apple"
• Shit Slinging: "your other business practices may be less admirable (I’m particularly looking at you, Uber and Facebook)"

Latko

StrangeDays said:

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

Hilarious indeed - with the only difference being some proprietary, non-standard HW mainly designed to preserve the walled garden.
Which by now, is mostly impacting Apple itself trying to stay relevant, as hardly anyone else is interested in a market segment that they lamented & orphaned themselves so much it hardly matters anymore.
That scale-down strategy (initiated at Phil’s lower backside...) is hilarious & adverse as the last price-conscious enthusiasts left will find their ways around it and build their Hackintosh themselves anyway, leaving Apple for what it is...
Bahahahah <=  insert a big Cookette banana 

Latko

randominternetperson said:

Johan42 said:

StrangeDays said:

Latko said:

lkrupp said:

Perfect troll fodder. Thanks AI! Okay, haters, let’s hear all the reasons for the “drop” and how Apple is no longer fit to work for. 

That is a binarist, somewhat childish assumption in a 100k+ corp. It very much depends on where, and under what regime/circumstances. I can imagine that as a shop employee, in logistics, marketing, provisioning... you can have a great, even lifetime employment. But then, e.g. as a young designer, it must be quite frustrating to see so many pilots for new designs being denied higher up on the corporate ladder, looking at the pace of development now. Imagine what it must be in 2019, to see that the company returns to the iPad (Mini) design of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 with homebutton/huge bezels etc. that you just had innovated away. Same for several innovative/IT/high tech positions. Imagine 10k patents on the shelf not being pursued or products being denied somewhere during the development cycle - including the one you worked on... Imagine as a design engineer, finding out that the development hurdles for creating a modular Mac Pro are being solved in a week/month or so in small tech companies on Chinese streetcorners. Try to think by yourself - working in a 132k employee company will undoubtedly result in many happy minds but an incumbent (i.e. merely defensive) strategy does not always appeal to the mere creative minds. Which has more to do with a giant global company than with trolling - but you’re welcome to think otherwise.

Bahahahah... Yes, generic PC clones on chinese street corners are the same as Mac Pros. Same use cases, designs, and solutions. Good one, thanks for he laugh. Stay thirsty, my friend!

I’ve built a couple of Hackintosh that run faster and at a cheaper price than Mac Pros. I’m sorry but Macs are overpriced, and nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows. Stay delusional, my friend.

"nowhere near as useful as a PC that runs Windows."

LOL.  If you said that (in your opinion) Macs aren't worth the (perceived) cost premium over a WinTel box, you'd at least sound rational.  At the end of the day a Mac can do 99% of what a Windows PC can do and vice versa.  Many would argue that Macs are easier to use and more reliable, but to suggest that Macs are radically less "useful" than a PC is simply delusional.

This very much depends on the use case.
But media-oriented SW devs by now tend to adopt Wintel-first development as that’s where the main market is by now.
Final Cut Pro being the notable exception