Apple reviews

One word: Retail. If you already have a degree, and are hoping a job at the Apple Store will get you noticed in the corporate world, forget it. If you are a student and need a cool $10/per hour job, then go for it. Otherwise, expect to be treated as just a warm body - management may talk you up about opportunities, but they are only concerned with one thing: making a sale. Coworkers who toe-the-line in the surreal 1984-style atmosphere behind the polished steel and glass doors are rewarded while those who may have real-world experience but don't become the store manager's pet are not. Check your real world at the door when you take a job for Apple Retail, because you have just entered Ron Johnson's fantasy land domain where Apple Stores are synonymous to ivy league universities such as Stanford, but not surprisingly, salaries aren't!

Older employee base means there aren't very many social opportunities (colleagues go home to families rather than meeting socially). Employee satisfaction is not a top priority among upper management because "You don't work here for the money". Short term product cycles get in the way of long term investing, for example offices are crammed with 2 or more people and the new campus has been delayed to start construction by 2 years.