Company: Apple
Date: 2016-04-29
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Without the Kool Aid, it is hard work. That being said..
Pros: I have learned a great deal from the consistently difficult interactions that happen in the store day to day. Their are great opportunities to learn and grow for other positions both within Apple, and outside the company in other areas of interest. Transparency is an important part of the culture, and innovation is encouraged. I am very grateful to be on a team that is deeply committed to growth and forward momentum, and is consistently present to handle the reality of each individual store's business and resource needs. The company is obviously quite well off so we always have what we need to get the job done, and to get it done well. It is also very exciting to be on the cutting edge of new business related systems, and to learn about the various ways to use Apple products in a meaningful and productive way.
Cons: The Kool Aid, that is a very real psychological drink that can do strange things. The people who engage with the company's culture at the core of a level are not bad people. To be clear, it is a personal preference not to let myself go deep into it all. Personally, I have some ethics issues with the purpose and point of Apple products beyond efficiency and necessity in our digital world. However, the attitudes of the Kool Aid drinkers is altered in a specific way; where Apple's ideologies and sales tactics, their marketing, and their overall evangelical hype become the rule of law in the store when it comes to process questions, or fairness in regards to things like exceptions and warranty based issues, profiteering and overall business strategies.