Company: Apple
Date: 2016-04-10
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great for fast-paced learners
Pros: High-profile company looks great on your resume and provides fantastic benefits package and training opportunities for technicians. Fast-paced retail environment is great for those who want to move into tech support but don't want to sit at a desk or do phone support all day.
Cons: Your satisfaction at retail depends entirely upon which store you are hired at. Management can be drastically different; working at multiple stores showed me how poor Senior Mgmt at the retail level can be. Most retail managers are not technology people, which can be a struggle. Work life balance is exceptionally poor as scheduling is released only two weeks ahead of time and managers can be very bullish about not changing schedule to accommodate PTO, etc. As it is retail, weekends off are simply not possible most times.