Company: Apple
Date: 2015-02-14
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Apple Retail is not Apple Inc
Pros: -get to work with some very talented and interesting dedicated people
-customer engagement is very energizing and never boring
-exciting to provide great service with great products
Cons: -store structure is not designed to allow managers time to spend adequate time in their areas of responsibility
-weekly meetings take up too much time and a comm log or leader huddle could suffice
-due to the "sensitive" nature of product releases, planning is challenging and there seams to be a thrill to coming down to the wire to have successful rollouts.  
-talent development is hampered by too great a focus on all the tools that are available that using them (compliance) overrides the time needed to spend developing your team.  
-schedule was challenging with a need to request 2 days off together and too many mid shifts which eliminates your entire day for practical purposes