Pros
Your coworkers become family. Pizza parties during launch (lol)
Cons
Micromanagement is at an all time high. No work life balance. If you are a parent, especially a single parent, forget it. They don’t care if your kids sick.. they don’t care if you need time off. Taking a leave of absence is an obstacle course to get. Working at Apple Retail should qualify you for being on a reality TV show because of the amount of drama you’ll encounter. It’s literally like being in highschool. The union busting tactics are shameful. You’ll be put in a position to not do things in the customers best interest and instead the companies best interest. It’s no longer about repairing relationships, it’s about hitting metrics so managers can get their giant bonuses at the end of the year.. all of which you won’t see a penny of. Your annual review will tell you consistently that you performed “at expectations”, you’ll never get “exceeded expectations” even if you were one of the highest performers. You won’t get promoted, especially in the Orlando market. They’d rather hire an external to take that role you’ve worked so hard to get. If you don’t answer your interview questions the way they want you to (in story format hitting “compentencies”) you’ll be passed over.