Company: Apple
Date: 2009-03-16
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Apple Retail a Fun Diversion But No Place For a Career
Pros: Great product, fun coworkers, fun overall atmosphere.
Cons: One word: Retail. If you already have a degree, and are hoping a job at the Apple Store will get you noticed in the corporate world, forget it. If you are a student and need a cool $10/per hour job, then go for it. Otherwise, expect to be treated as just a warm body - management may talk you up about opportunities, but they are only concerned with one thing: making a sale. Coworkers who toe-the-line in the surreal 1984-style atmosphere behind the polished steel and glass doors are rewarded while those who may have real-world experience but don't become the store manager's pet are not. Check your real world at the door when you take a job for Apple Retail, because you have just entered Ron Johnson's fantasy land domain where Apple Stores are synonymous to ivy league universities such as Stanford, but not surprisingly, salaries aren't!