I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
One of my friends used to work at Apple.  After one particular grueling stint of 14+ hour days, management decided to give them a thank-you.  In the form of vouchers.  For frozen dinners.  Meanwhile, all of his friends worked for Google, we got gourmet food every meal of the week as a standard perk, and we were usually home by 8 or 9 PM rather than midnight.  It's sorta like "Your 'thank you' is really more like a giant 'fuck you'".<p>He works for Google now.<p>My cousin also works for Apple, and after complaining about crunch time and how he had to check the bug queue when I was visiting him on a Saturday, I asked him "So, how long has crunch time lasted?"  He replied, "Oh, about 18 months.  Makes it really hard to date when I don't get any weekends."  (He's in his 40s now, still no girlfriend.)