Apple Reviews

Pros

stable company
slight discount on products
interesting youthful co-workers

Cons

those that succeed are not necessarily qualified

Advice to Senior Management

actively develop employees that want to do more

Pros

Money, product knowledge, knowing internal procedures

Cons

Dont get the recognition you deserve

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

unforgettable retail experience, chance to learn top of the range retail solutions, very creative environment

Cons

long hours, irregular schedule, most managers coming from either Gap or Satrbucks;

Advice to Senior Management

invest more time in training and career development

Pros

it's Apple. Great technology, great products

Cons

Everything is a secret, very little communication. They keep pushing for more work. High stress, very little down time. Not a lot of opportunity for personal growth

Advice to Senior Management

Take a better care of your engineers, they're the one making your future products.

Pros

- Excellent knowledge base
- Good benefits and perks
- Competent people
- Good place to learn, good college job

Cons

- Pay needs to be more competitive
- little opportunity for growth, lied to about how there was plenty
- plagued by the many minuscule foolish things that occur in many companies like favoritism and arrogance
- Sometimes can feel like a dead end although great excitement in the beginning.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to be open to going outside of yourselves and understanding your employees, to receiving the feedback you talk so much about rather than assuming that every employee that does give you feedback is simply another disgruntled fool to be overlooked. Sometimes, people really are trying to help, you need to let them.

Pros

Great training at the start and continuous support throughout your time their.

Cons

With the number of associates they hire, it's very difficult to move up. Internet is available on all the computers making it awkward to kick somebody off so you can demo product for customer.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more support to those that are interested in advancing their careers with Apple. There is no need to micromanage. Don't make the internet available to everybody. It's a retail store not an internet cafe. There should be a way for associates to unlock the computers in case internet access is needed.

Pros

Good products, good benefits, good co-workers

Cons

Salary is low for the amount of revenue they make

Advice to Senior Management

If you want the best of the best pay them better.

Pros

great products, forward thinking, good people

Cons

management, no down time, no training, no support from HR

Advice to Senior Management

Care about your people

Pros

Coworkers are typically fun people. Good outlet for creativity. Managers give you good deal of autonomy in your work. Not bad.

Cons

Very little in the way of growth opportunities. Customers are some of the worst I've ever seen in a retail store.

Pros

Fun atmosphere and interesting people, very clean and organized, friendly coworkers and enthusiastic management as well as diverse experiences every day

Cons

Sometimes a little overwhelming and managers can be micro managers, people can be difficult to work with especially when very inept

Advice to Senior Management

So long as the innovations keep flowing, people will keep coming back to us and I look forward to being there to help them