Company: Apple
Date: 2018-06-25
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Apple Creative
Pros: Definitely the best job in the shop, lots to learn and lots of great freebies. I have never learned so much from a job and working with a huge variety of different people. Facilitation is definitely fun and great to be involved with the wider community regarding photo walks and bespoke events.

If you want a short term job to boost your CV and gain some facilitation experience then I say its perfect, otherwise avoid.
Cons: Despite how much they tell you this is an educational role, be prepared to work a retail job with metrics and some targets. Store team are incredibly two faced and suck up to management, if you aren't in with the in crowd then forget about moving up the ranks. You are working with literal children and the patronising management reflect this regardless of your age. Members of staff are willing to climb over each other for 'positive feedback' in order to climb the ladder and gain that all powerful personal connection with management. Managers only have interest in figures and comparing to others in the market, as long as they are seen to be hitting targets thats all they care about. Learning workshops and facilitating them are generally fun but remember you are 100 percent at the mercy of the general public, who despite getting a free service will literally complain about everything. Management will use this against you time and time again and work you till you feel like dropping dead no matter how well you deliver.

Also watch out for the PC brigade, definitely a skewed culture on this. Some can get away with saying and doing whatever they feel is suitable and others can't do anything without someone being offended. Serious amount of hypocrisy and entitlement.