No hours for part-timers with little chance of moving to full-time - Mac Specialist (Apple Store) Apple Employee Review

2.0
3 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They pay for my metro card, and it's a good hourly wage. The other employees are mostly nice, and everyone seems to get along. You don't have to know everything as other employees are always willing to help answer questions. It's nice to just be able to talk honestly about the products, which I and most of the employees love, and really help customers out.

Cons

No hours, even though it's always super packed. It's a fairly stressful working environment. The managers claim they don't want you to do any hard selling, but then get on your case about not meeting metric goals. The managers also claim that they always want you to get all of your breaks, but I'm often so busy on the floor that I only get to take a lunch break (If I'm even scheduled for enough hours in a shift to qualify for one).

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5.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

I am inspired by the technical expertise I see at the leadership level. People are collaborative. And the work is really interesting.

Cons

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4.0
28 Aug 2014
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We work with geniuses - in every department, We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories - who else can say that?

Cons

ZERO ZERO ZERO work/life balance. Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better. But in actuality, it gets worse every year! It is obviously top management LIP SERVICE because if they meant it, they could fix it tomorrow. They have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank. If they REALLY cared about employee work/life balance, they could bring aboard the right number of folks to make that issue dissolve. Sick of hearing the lies. Just don't lie about wanting to fix it, when they clearly DON'T care

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