Company: Apple
Date: 2014-08-10
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Best Company, Worst Company
Pros: The information you learn about the products is second to none.  The core competencies, technology used in the work place, and communication of real time reports is all high level.  We use iPads to conduct downloads with real time information around sales and performance.  We use our iPhone 5 as a basis to order, ring, and collect payment for all products in the store. We take quarterly NPP (Net Promoter People) surveys to make upper management aware of our happiness within the company.  We have quarterly reviews with mentor managers to identify areas of improvement and work on peer relations.  We have the most amazing 3rd party products that work with our hero products.
Cons: There is little to no room for upward mobility.  You do not get acknowledged or increased pay for performance.  Politics is everything in this environment and mostly you are given the run around if you want to move into management and eventually corporate.  Apple has everything in place to be a top company in the world but their technology is for show and not to support their existing employees.  They would rather bring someone from the outside in, rather than reward hard working employees who are passionate about their products.  I have witnessed so many talented, educated, highly-skilled people come and go only to watch people put in leadership roles that lack the ability to chew gum and walk simultaneously.