Company: Apple
Date: 2012-02-06
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Fun job, underpaid, don't think you're making a career out of this
Pros: Great products, fun interactions with customers.  The team you work with is carefully selected and fun to be around.  Days pass quickly during busy times, which is almost all of the time.
Cons: Too many people start working for Apple Retail thinking it's a career job.  It's not.  Even if your aspiration is to manage a retail store, you'll have to go get experience elsewhere before Apple will promote you to that position.  Pay is about average for retail work, but you will sell significantly more product than just about anywhere else.  It will become a bit discouraging to know you are working for the most valuable company on the planet and all of your hard work is rewarded with some cheap trinket during the holidays.