Company: Apple
Date: 2014-01-15
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Three years of working for Apple showed me countless ways by which technology can empower people and businesses.
Pros: There is a huge potential to learn valuable skills in working for Apple Retail.  As long as an employee pursues learning from each customer interaction, they can walk away from Apple with a very well rounded perspective on how technology can empower people and businesses.
Cons: Career path advancement within the business is not very straightforward and it is largely unavailable.  Also, despite part-time retail employees being offered good hourly pay, the hours you are actually given are heavily regulated and minimized.  This will depend on the current growth of a specific store, but on top of hours being minimized, it can be extremely difficult/competitive to achieve full-time status.