Company: Apple
Date: 2014-09-22
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Amazing benefits, great crew that becomes family, great discounts, but the worst of all retail environments.
Pros: Incredible health insurance, the best that I've ever found. Amazing discounts on all sorts of products, services, car repairs, hotels, etc. Being on the cusp of advancement in the technology industry. Great personalities in coworkers, family-like environment where everyone sticks together and looks out for one another. Management that really looks out for the employee, tries to remain fair and balanced. Respect from the public for working for the brand. Fair balance of breaks and lunch time to break up the monotony.
Cons: LIterally no work-life balance. Swing shifts every day, no set hours or days off for part time or full time. Schedule is made only a week in advance, not uncommon to work 7 to 9 to 12 day stretches without a day off. Poor flow of customer interactions, many many angry people all day who take out their frustration of the flawed system on you. Appointment system for tech help is mediocre at best, technicians are overworked, overbooked, underpaid and in constant demand from increasingly impatient and upset customers. Fair pay, but underpaid for the amount of stress and disequilibrium the job entails. On your feet on limestone floors all day, without insoles will cause back pain, knee pain and feet pain if not finding time to sit down every few hours. Hardest retail position I've ever worked.