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Apple Adds New 'Benefits' Section to Jobs Site

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Apple this week updated its "Jobs at Apple" website with a new Benefits section that's designed to explain to potential employees the perks that Apple offers to its workforce.

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The Benefits part of the site is organized into different sections highlighting various perks of working for Apple, such as:
  • Flexible medical plans
  • Coverage for physical and mental healthcare
  • Free counseling
  • Family medical plans
  • Paid parental leave
  • Onsite doctors and nurses for those working on campus
  • Fitness centers on campus
  • Fitness-related financial help for those not on campus
  • Equal pay for men and women
  • Eligibility for stock grants and discounts for stock purchases
  • 401(k) matching
  • Apple University learning opportunities
  • Some tuition reimbursement
  • One-for-one donation matching
  • Deals on Apple products and accessories
Apple says that its benefit programs vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements. Those who want to learn more about Apple's benefits can check out the Jobs at Apple website.

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Good medical, dental, and 401k plans are some of the most important job benefits that non-union private sector workers should strive for.

IMO, these three should be baseline and required of all U.S. companies. Not having just one of these three is what most often contributes to economic disparity.
 
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iReality85 said:
Good medical, dental, and 401k plans are some of the most important job benefits that non-union private sector workers should strive for.

IMO, these three should be baseline and required of all U.S. companies. Not having just one of these three is what most often contributes to economic disparity.
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How many days paid holiday do you get in the US?
 
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How many days paid holiday do you get in the US?
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There's a number of factors. Depends on the line of business. Also depends on if you're hourly, part-time, or full-time/40 hours per week, and if you're a private or public sector worker. We have "federal" holidays (New Years, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas), and "observed" holidays which is everything else. Private sector workers usually only get federal holidays off (with or without pay), public sector workers get everything off (again, without or without pay).
 
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iReality85 said:
There's a number of factors. Depends on the line of business. Also depends on if you're hourly, part-time, or full-time/40 hours per week, and if you're a private or public sector worker. We have "federal" holidays (New Years, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas), and "observed" holidays which is everything else. Private sector workers usually only get federal holidays off (with or without pay), public sector workers get everything off (again, without or without pay).
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Strange how it works, US is supposed to be great, but they appear to have a bad work/life balance in employment. The UK isn’t the greatest also, but using my own as a example (which won’t be too far from standard, though there is some variation) we get 24 days we can book off anytime and get paid for them and on top of this 8 bank holidays, like Christmas Day, good Friday etc
 
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I’m in the U.S. and get 32 days paid vacation per year. I have the flexibility to work more or less when I want to. It’s rare I take that much vacation time but I could if I wanted to. I also get about 13 days of paid sick leave each year but rarely use it. So in total I have 45 days of “vacation” time I can use each year.
 
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“Apple is Apple because the world’s most dedicated, passionate people make a difference in the life of our customers. And that inspires us to make a difference in the life of our employees”.

What a contorted way of addressing things...

It is very fashionable these days for corporations to portray themselves as some sort of supranatural do-gooders dispensing their life saving faux moralities and magnamity to customers and employees alike, whilst trying to deny, or nearly apologise, they are actually there for the dosh..

So who is Apple? Is it their employees? The above sentence seems to imply that. “Apple is Apple because the most dedicated, passionate people” blah blah, but then it speaks of “OUR customers“ and “OUR employees“ as if the writer is now talking of another entity altogether: well, Apple it’s their shareholders represented by the board of directors. Don’t get fooled.

When tropes of this kind, conceived by group think damaged PR departments, come out the cringey hypocrisy becomes unbearable for those very same employees they are trying to impress with head patting grammar & photo ops.

Hilariously, despite their attempts at deflecting their true profit driven intent, this over thought and patronising statement still eloquently explains that a corporation sole aim is to maximise value for their shareholders...
 
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I’m in the U.S. and get 32 days paid vacation per year. I have the flexibility to work more or less when I want to. It’s rare I take that much vacation time but I could if I wanted to. I also get about 13 days of paid sick leave each year but rarely use it. So in total I have 45 days of “vacation” time I can use each year.
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Another typical comment from an American employee who doesn’t know best. “I have vacation time but I don’t take it!” And that’s the problem with America! No work-life balance… and if you say you do, I’m telling you you don’t because I know what’s it’s like to have 30+ days vacation in France and using it to recharge, travel the world and learn about other cultures - most Americans haven’t visited their own National Parks - or relax with family or friends… you know, enjoying life!
 
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There's a number of factors. Depends on the line of business. Also depends on if you're hourly, part-time, or full-time/40 hours per week, and if you're a private or public sector worker. We have "federal" holidays (New Years, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas), and "observed" holidays which is everything else. Private sector workers usually only get federal holidays off (with or without pay), public sector workers get everything off (again, without or without pay).
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Ah! Ah! Funny. Whomever asked the question - I’m guessing someone outside the US - was expecting a straight answer, you know like 25 days or 30 days.
It took Ireality85 more than 10 lines to NOT answer the question.
Do you realize, all of you US workers, how these Apple benefits pale in comparison to other countries?
Elsewhere employees get 3 times more vacation, free health benefits, several months parental leave, there is no notion of sick days because if you’re sick companies are not expecting you to come to work, etc… etc… etc…
The US reminds me of the old communist Soviet Union where people were happy with their lives because they didn’t know better. And then the West opened up to them and they figured out they has been lied to.
Same here, it’s time for you US workers to go visit the world and ask around … oh wait, you can’t, you don’t have enough vacation days!
 
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Another typical comment from an American employee who doesn’t know best. “I have vacation time but I don’t take it!” And that’s the problem with America! No work-life balance… and if you say you do, I’m telling you you don’t because I know what’s it’s like to have 30+ days vacation in France and using it to recharge, travel the world and learn about other cultures - most Americans haven’t visited their own National Parks - or relax with family or friends… you know, enjoying life!
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What exactly is there about "knowing best"? Seems like the time is there (in this particular example at least) and it's up to the individual to make use of it.
 
Most dedicated and passionate is a pretty broad brush.

Most compared to what company? Where? What industry?

I know a lot of passionate and dedicated people who work for non profits in dangerous places with disadvantaged populations for really lousy pay.

I think they're probably more passionate and dedicated to what they do, considering they do it for peanuts while risking their health and welfare, as opposed to an excellent compensation packages and benefits.

No on campus fitness center for the social workers, substance abuse cousnelors, and crisis intervention workers of the world.

That's dedication people....
 
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Another typical comment from an American employee who doesn’t know best. “I have vacation time but I don’t take it!” And that’s the problem with America! No work-life balance… and if you say you do, I’m telling you you don’t because I know what’s it’s like to have 30+ days vacation in France and using it to recharge, travel the world and learn about other cultures - most Americans haven’t visited their own National Parks - or relax with family or friends… you know, enjoying life!
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I love the phrase "most Americans" or "most" anything that's blanket stating an entire country or people. Really productive stuff.
 
It's fine to have national differences. You could argue that France has been a moribund economy for most of the last 40 years with cripplingly high youth unemployment and a fairly desperate political system where people vote to prevent the national front candidate from becoming president, rather than because they approve of whoever is running against that person.

Social systems reflect the traditions and customs of each country. It's a bit glib to say one is bad and the other is objectively good.
 
iReality85 said:
Good medical, dental, and 401k plans are some of the most important job benefits that non-union private sector workers should strive for.

IMO, these three should be baseline and required of all U.S. companies. Not having just one of these three is what most often contributes to economic disparity.
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Yea in the 80s those were the norm. Some places matched up to 6% dollar for dollar on 401k , and benefits barely affected your net pay and you had $2!! copays with everything else 100%. And you got more vacation to start that you can get after forever at jobs today. My dad was at his job for decades and he got THIRTEEN WEEKS vacation. That's a quarter of a year.
 
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