Apple #22 on Glassdoor's 2015 Best Places to Work list

Recruiting website Glassdoor has published its Employees' Choice Awards for 2015. The awards honor the best places to work in the US and UK, based on ratings by employees. This year, Apple came in 22nd of the top 50 large companies, a marked improvement from 2014 and 2013, where the company came in at #35 and #34 respectively.

Looking at the details of Apple's rating, the company received an average 4.0 out of 5 score from employees. A whopping 93 percent of Apple employees approve of the job that CEO Tim Cook is doing, and 78 percent would recommend the company to their friends who are seeking employment.

While things are looking rosier for Apple, the company still has a long way to go to be the top banana (see what I did there?) of tech companies on the Glassdoor list. Google topped the 2015 list, with former list leader Facebook falling to the 13th spot on the list. Adobe weighed in at #18, while LinkedIn was just behind Apple in the #23 spot.

Apple's entry in the list was marked by an employee review from April of 2014 referring to the company as the "Paradise of jobs". The same person noted that "Apple offers crazy benefits, and competitive salary. By competitive I don't mean a couple grand more in a year, I'm talking about a 2X / 2.5X salary. This place is a sea of knowledge. Never seen a more dedicated group." Obviously that person isn't working in an Apple Store, where one employee notes that "It's a retail job with retail hours and slightly above average retail pay."

While Apple made inroads in terms of employee satisfaction during the past year, it's obvious that worldwide human resources vice president Denise Young Smith and retail and online stores senior vice president Angela Ahrendts need to up their game to keep the team happy.