Company: Apple
Date: 2017-03-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Hell
Pros: Benefits, they offer health insurance for part time employees, however the deductible is 1500$. Fitness reimbursement, stock options, 401k.
Cons: Working Apple retail it's a particular kind of hell. As a technician you get to deal with entitled angry customers that are told "just go to the apple store, they'll give you a free phone". They expect you to go above and beyond and at the same time they give you hard time if you spend more than 15 minutes with each customer. 

As a sales person, you don't make commission. You'd potentially make more money by selling phones at a carrier store instead. 

Apple just got rid of the training in California for the Genius team and Creative team. If you wanted to work your way until being flown there that is no longer possible. 

It is extremely hard to jump from Apple retail to corporate. They hire externally.
Also it is extremely impossible to climb your way up, since they bring managers from other stores instead of promoting from within.