Hi, do you have to be 18 to work at the Apple Retail Stores? A guy there offered me a job, and then when I told him I was 14, he said I had to be 18 to work there. Is this a mistake or is that actually true? It's total BS if it is true. Has anyone else noticed that the people who work there know absolutely nothing? You could put me head to head with a "Genius" and I'd kick his butt. I'm certified in Snow Leopard Server and have fourteen apps on the iOS App Store and one on the Mac App Store, not to mention the know how to using Macs that everyone here has. You're going to tell me that they won't make an exception?
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18 to work at Apple??
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Its all about the labour laws. . . No exceptions. . . I am no expert in labour laws but I am pretty sure you have to be at the VERY least 16 to work part time. . .
I know about the labor laws, you say 16, I read somewhere 14, but let's go with 16. If the law is 16, why is Apple requiring you to be 18? Was the person incorrect when they said 18? Thanks.
It's retail, they have to bond you, their insurance company likely is making them enforce staff be 18 or older since they cannot bond a minor.
I think the law in most places is 15 for retail, but employers are free to set their minimum age at anything above the legal minimum age.
It's probably because someone who is about to spend 2 grand on a computer isn't going to take the 15 year old kid who's trying to sell it to them seriously.
If I read this correctly, I assume you are 14 years old?
Son you have a lot of potential for your age. Why work in retail when you can sell iOS and Mac Apps on the App Store? IMO you should pursue that career instead.
All Apple Retail employees are required to sign a NDA when hired. AFAIK, you have to be 18 years and older to sign a legal document like that.
That doesn't mean you have have the patience or aptitude to work with customers for 8 hours a day, barely getting a chance to use your technical skills. IMO, at the store I worked at, the "geekiest" employees were the first ones to quit. They got incredibly bored with demonstrating "iLife basics" 10x a day (Specialists) or swapping iPhones/iPods (Geniuses).