Company: Apple
Date: 2014-04-09
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Genius
Pros: Benefits. That's it. The stress of this job is insane, and if you don't drink the cool-aid you're not going to last long at all.
Cons: Your time availability for full-time employees is 6-7 days mandatory. Part-time is 3-7 (but you can only have one weekend day off, and if you don't specify, you WILL work both weekend days).

This company is excellent at giving you just enough money and benefits to keep you stuck in which ever position you're in. And don't forget, there is NO position (except store manager) that gives you ANY skills to improve your résumé and move on to a better job. DO NOT come here intending on making it to Apple Corporate, and DO NOT expect this to be "the end game."

Pay is sub-par (especially for the richest tech company in history). Sales "Specialists" start at $13/hr, "Experts" at $18, and "Creatives" and "Geniuses" at around $20/hr... but you'll never start out as the latter 3. You almost always have to start as a Specialist.... Oh, and there's NO COMMISSION. EVER.

One last thing... your annual "raise" (if you're an exceptional employee) will be around 60 cents.

I've noticed that the only people who think this company is good to work for, are people with no college education, used to be homeless, ex drug-addicts, or simply have extremely low self-esteem and low self worth.