Company: Apple
Date: 2014-09-19
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

2 years at Apple (retail store 'Specialist')
Pros: Exciting company to work for.
If you're suited for the role, it's very rewarding to provide solutions for customers.
I had a phenomenal store leader - don't know if everyone else does, but he was pretty spectacular as a management figure.
Comfortable working environment
Not 100% target driven. Good morals/values.
Cons: For the mediocre salary, a lot is demanded of 'Specialists' for our knowledge level and the demands placed on us. Don't go into it thinking it will be a run-of-the-mill retail job - it's a lot more demanding than that.
No career progression at all for the vast majority of employees.
This is because EVERYONE wants to work for apple, which results in them cherry-picking the absolute cream of society for even the most 'basic' retail roles such as mine. Therefore, to stand out and be one of the very few people who get any kind of career progression each year, you have to be an unbelievable human being - and frankly, if you are, you could be earning a lot more elsewhere.