Company: Apple
Date: 2015-07-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Apple Retail is NOT Apple, Inc.
Pros: Great people that are supremely intelligent and passionate about helping others
Cons: Work with retailers who are born and bred in the retail environment.  Experts at selling overpriced jeans, fashion accessories and leading from a high school and gossip mentality get ready to see the foolish, schmoozy, all bark and no bite people get promoted while talented and dedicated employees are passed over.  I speak from a place where I learned to play the game and was promoted quickly over and over again during a 6 year period with the brand.  I just saw to many talented people get looked over because one person felt they weren't "ready".  I lucked out and had some very good mentors help me navigate the politics of Apple Retail.  Which is very different than the politics of Cupertino, Cork, Austin, etc.