Company: Apple
Date: 2015-01-05
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Some good, some bad
Pros: Working in the Education Sales group was a tremendous experience at the customer side.  You knew you were able to make a positive impact on young learners lives and felt great about what you were doing.  Everyone at the field level really cared about what they were doing and were great to work with on a daily basis.  You made a decent living, but the compensation was not amazing.
Cons: I want to look at my time with the company two ways, first within my group and second as a company on the whole.

Above the field level, things get a bit shaky in the Education Sales group.  Managers, Regional Managers and the leadership had no touch with what was actually going on in the field.   The company missed critical opportunities to dominate the education space.  I also had no career path, I was a field guy and that was it no matter how successful I was, and to tell the truth, I had some great years.

As for there company as a whole, I loved Apple before I went to work for them, while I worked there, and still do to this day.  For a regular Joe, it was a bit a celebrity in a weird way.  The company has the best products on the market and will continue to innovate for years to come.  It is just in the DNA.  I really do like Tim Cook and the decisions that he has made on a whole are strong.