Company: Apple
Date: 2015-07-25
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

A Cult.
Pros: On the job training

Discounts

Acquired new skill-sets

Prepared me for advancement beyond Apple 

The diversity among the employees

Benefits are good
Cons: Apple does not give job references. Period. You could be the most incredible employee, but you will have no reference when you leave. HR will tell the inquiring company the dates you worked there and your position. That's it. 

Difficult to advance in certain markets

Markets are not unified across the United States in policy and procedure, although they SHOULD be. I worked in two markets 2,000 miles apart, and the cultures couldn't have been more different.

The pay was insulting when I worked there. I think they have rectified the pay scale since.

It can be cultish. Some managers seem completely brainwashed. It's scary.

The company needs to respond better to harassment among employees. Many women in my store were verbally harassed or threatened, and they never let the person go. #AppleFail