Company: Apple
Date: 2015-08-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Apple Store Employee
Pros: It's better paying than most retail jobs and a lot of the benefits are probably better, too--healthcare, 401K contributions, stock options, etc. I've almost always gotten the vacation days I've requested (one of the major reasons I'm still there).  Most of my fellow employees are fun people and great to work with.
Cons: You don't work at the same time every day (sometimes you start in the morning, sometimes you close) and don't usually get two days off in a row. You obviously also have to work weekends. It is pretty difficult to advance quickly and almost impossible to advance to corporate. Most of the managers have obviously "drunk the Cool Aid" and they feel like a separate group. It does not feel like we are in it together, as much as they'd like us to think so.