Yep. There are many, many teams at Apple. Your manager makes all the difference in the world. Hated working on the Photos team at Apple, loved all the other teams I worked on. (So I left the Photos team to go work on a team where the manager was cool. I was able to stay at Apple, just move about.)

I don't dispute that. I wish I had been on a better team. My team had a famously high turnover rate, so it wasn't just me. I liked my direct manager just fine, he's a decent dude, but I thought his manager, who I had to deal with a lot, was kind of a dumbass and I did not enjoy working with him at all.

I tried joining other teams but without going into elaborate detail it didn't pan out.

one tactic is forming a group which bullies a manager out of their job. it's depressingly effective and rife within the professional public sector

I'm in public service, teach me you ways XD

It only works versus good managers.

I normally move within a company when I want to quit a manager. It's much easier than getting an entirely new job usually. And you have a lot more information about the potential role.

It's also a good way to get into areas you have no experience of.

I tried that, multiple times actually. My options were already pretty limited because I didn't want to move to California, and without going into elaborate detail I the interviews for other teams just didn't work out.