It is largely true that the quality of the people (from HR to security to engineering to the trainers at the gym) that I dealt with at Apple were excellent, but

It is largely true that the quality of the people (from HR to security to engineering to the trainers at the gym) that I dealt with at Apple were excellent, but one seldom noted problem is that in an intensely competitive environment, there is little more demotivating than running into a jobsworth, particularly one that you have to work around to get things done. It can really derail the train.