Company: Apple
Date: 2021-02-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Apple Retail
Pros: The best coworkers. Great benefits!
Cons: Greater emphasis on metrics than what you’re told in training. Diversity problems. While Apple is LGBTQ “friendly,” and has taken steps to make sure that is has many women employed, it is dismally the opposite for Blacks and Hispanics. Speaking up, as a black person can single you out as difficult, without having even said anything remotely antagonistic. Within retail favoritism and politics abound. It’s harder to get ahead than what you’re told as a new hire. Personal development has taken a backseat over the last 6 years to driving the sales metrics of the stores. Since your supervisors are also trying to move up the ladder they will forget about your development in the process of moving up and on. Pre pandemic, the Apple stores in my city were places that anyone could come in and that made for sometimes violent or criminal behavior that could affect your work day. Even vendors that Apple uses, like Post Mates have been regularly abusive to Apple employees.