Company: Apple
Date: 2012-03-20
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

The Worst Working Experience of My Adult Life
Pros: Great products, exciting atmosphere, diverse customers, many wonderful people to work alongside, and occasionally great people to work under.
Cons: Overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated. Disparate employee expectations; the social circles you travel in dictate what you can get away with. Plenty of nepotism and favoritism to go around. Crazy hours and scheduling; Apple's expectation is that Apple always comes first in your life. Constantly being made to sign nondisclosure agreements (literally every day for an entire week). Time Clock which, despite Apple's amazing technology, somehow manages to shave clocked hours on a regular basis. Worst ever aspect was being instructed to racially profile customers, to ensure that products are getting into the hands of "promoters", and being instructed to refuse sales to customers who don't fit the bill (yes, really).