Company: Apple
Date: 2012-03-07
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

See past the retail politics and view it as a stepping stone - you will fare well.
Pros: Job security, fun new technology, great employee purchase plans, stock purchase plan, roth 401k, decent health insurance although it is going up and up every year.  fun diverse group of people to work with.  a tad bit "glamorous" to work at Apple even though everyone is shocked when you tell them your salary.
Cons: extremely low compensation.  this is not jcpennys, the employees are pushing upwards of a million dollars per quarter in revenue for Apple and are getting a $9/hr paycheck with no bonus/commission.  very humiliating and discouraging.  it will vary store to store, but leadership in ours does not have a vested interest in employees, only short term problems being solved to make their life easier.  employees are not as valued as the company says.