Company: Apple
Date: 2008-12-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Good but the novelty wears off quick.
Pros: JOB SECURITY in these current times of economic downturn apple have said they will not be letting anyone go. 
The people within the company are great, thats the co-workers, everybody in the team brings something different. the atmosphere is great, at times demanding, but isn't every job? the discount perks are good, its nice to get a present from the company near xmas or at a product launch iphone/ipod. Looks great on a CV, working for a innovative company.
Cons: sometimes we, as mac geniuses are overworked and underpaid, except this happens nearly all the time, altho when signing up for the job "you are expected to work longer than needed without extra numeration". i can except this to a point but when one of your co workers who started the job 3 months before you and even after gets a few thousand £s more than you it really burns you up inside. some management never follow thru with requests, and apparently after speaking to hr, "you have to keep chasing them up". speaking to people who have worked in the US stores, there is a big difference in the way things are done, there is a divide between retail staff and other apple staff, something which isnt present in the US where everybody is apple. the lies you are fed during recruiting about career progression and paths you can take, its a retail environment you can only really move sideways in the store.