Company: Apple
Date: 2008-12-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Great company and great people, but working in a retail environment has its challenges.
Pros: Excellent and friendly coworkers, and a good work environment.  Apple is on the cutting edge of technology.  Apple actually cares about customer service, and the store definitely leans toward making customers happy.  We are allowed a lot of latitude in this regard as well.  The benefits are excellent; we get medical, dental, vision, 401k.  There is also an employee stock purchase program.  Good career opportunities for the future.
Cons: Retail has no set work hours, they vary every week.  Weekends off are a rare occurrence.  Working with customers can be very stressful at times.  Compensation is good but not great, it should be higher.