Company: Apple
Date: 2016-02-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

review
Pros: Truly the best people to work with, the place is amazing for that and I made some really fantastic friends.
Store is great fun, work can be fun too with a real family vibe on the floor. There is a strong team ethic and everybody wants to help each other out.
Management and people team are really understanding and there is wicked support available if you need it.
Company benefits and discounts +++
Festive period and launch days are always good fun too!
Cons: Too many. Customers can be a nightmare and so precious about their apple products, like they'll die if their phone doesn't work. Its just a phone.
I know people who have progressed far into the company, and lots of others like me who didn't. I always went that extra mile for my customers, which is one of THE most important parts of the service, but because my numbers weren't good enough, I was never really considered for a promotion. Echoes of "We don't care about the numbers" are injected into you from day one, but that couldn't be further from the truth if progression is what you are after. If you want to go through the ranks, you have to suck a bit of that d to get there, and the right d at that.
Crappy working weekends all the time if you are part time.
Also, since Jobsy died, the company has stopped exceeding expectations. Now it just delivers what the customers 'want', which is a bit tacky. I mean an iPad Pro? Gross.