Company: Apple
Date: 2008-04-21
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Apple is unlike any other retail organization.
Pros: Apple is very serious about promoting from within when able and about helping people grow in to the position they want to have in the company.  They really do care about both the employee and the customer.  Most other retail companies treat their employees like disposable items.  When you reach a full time position the benefits are very good - they compete with other non-retail companies I've worked for and hands-down beat all other retail companies I've worked for.
Cons: In the end it is still retail.  So, there are odd hours, working nights, weekends and holidays.  A little bit of the retail "numbers" game creeps in as well, but not anything like the rest of the retail world.