Apple Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for less than a year

Pros – I've worked in retail for nearly 10 years, and I'm extremely pleased to call Apple my home.
-Ability to get hired full-time right out the gate
-Very good hourly wage for entry-level Retail
-Promotions are dependent on your personal sales performance; if you know how to talk to people and can be open and inviting, you'll be fine at this job.
-Benefits are AMAZING. Health insurance is cheap and great. Tuition reimbursement, 2 weeks vacation from the get-go, sick pay, etc. I could go on and on.
-Work/Life balance. It's nice to have a life and look forward to going to work.
-You get to wear jeans to work.

Cons – -Be prepared for a lengthy interviewing process. You will attend a hiring seminar, followed by 3-5 one-on-one and panel style interviews. If you exude Apple and know how to answer basic retail interview questions, this will be easy. But be prepared to interview for two weeks to a month to get the job.
-Red Zone performance is based on overall sales performance. If you know how to sell, this should be easy. If not, be prepared to be talked to.
-At the end of the day it's still retail, so be prepared for working nights and weekends. Sat-Fri scheduling is weird to get used to, but it works.

Advice to Senior Management – Apple Retail was founded on providing the customer with an amazing shopping experience, not as a car-dealership-esque sales floor. While selling solutions is important, remember that service should always come first. Other than that, keep up what you've been doing. I love my job, and I know others do, too.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Apple as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Work part time while attending college and great benefits.

Cons – No cons come to mind at the moment.

Advice to Senior Management – No Advice to management at this time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Apple part-time for less than a year

Pros – Good experience, looks good on resume, better pay than most college jobs, benefits, work from home

Cons – Very little time to relax, non stop calls, deal with angry customers, stressful situations

Advice to Senior Management – Once school started the team started to get distant and no longer felt like a team environment. Find a way team members can interact and stay close together during the school year.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Workplace is awesome, people are awesome!

Cons – Work schedules and most people are contracted so no benefits

Advice to Senior Management – Hire on directly faster instead of waiting till contract is over

Former Employee – worked at Apple full-time for more than a year

Pros – I enjoyed working at Apple since there was purpose (a Unix-driven OS with a great front-end GUI, consolidated Sony-like "family" of product-line, a strong leader (Steve Jobs), and of course great success in the retail market, a good framework for designing software.)

Cons – The negatives for Cupertino are many. It is part of a largish valley that has bad air,
immense traffic, horrid housing and rental costs, and a cultural milieu which has
aggressive immigrants raising housing and rental prices, on-purpose. The area
is essentially unaffordable!!! The "boutique towns" along the peninsula do not
impress. The East Bay is dangerous. It is hard to find a place to relax in the "Bay Area".

Advice to Senior Management – Divest yourself of your large bonuses and options/restricted stock units and GIFT them to your employees for you are NOTHING without them!!!! Renounce your too-high salaries and take
$1 per year!!!! Be like Jobs and stop following his advice to not be like him. That's fatal for the firm!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – This is a great job if you are looking to start out or in college. My review is strictly for retail so I can't speak for corporate. The benefits are fantastic and the pay is decent

Cons – You pretty much hit a ceiling once you've been here long enough. There are so many retail employees and so little room in upper management. I have know a few to move up but it is very difficult.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good place to start in NY.

Cons – Limited potential for growth as employee.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Apple full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Stable employment that is not going anyway. People will always love there apple product and always will be all over a place like apple.

Cons – There is a terrible work/live balance that does not even exist. You will always be working. People will always ask you question about Apple for the rest of your life even after you quit.

Advice to Senior Management – The culture of Apple and what it represents is dying starting from the Inside.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple

Pros – Apple is a great place to work!

Cons – The only downfall is that you have to deal with many customers. More than usual.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Apple full-time for less than a year

Pros – Best retail job you can ask for. Great benefits, good pay, better culture than most. Paid vacation for full-time.

Cons – Lots of politics in the workplace, and can be a little cultish at times. Have to be willing to drink the koolaid.

Advice to Senior Management – A lot of favoritism is present in most stores.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend