I’ve implied nothing of the sort, but thanks for illustrating the point that commenters here misread and overreact to anything that moves lol
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Apple Attracting Retail Workers With Improved Benefits
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Let me first preface that I’m in no way apologizing for the standard level of benefits provided by Apple or most other corporate employers here in America, nor the government that has set such low minimum standard for their citizens. I’d personally be a big advocate for the situations enjoyed by many of you elsewhere around the world, even if it means a higher tax rate. The cliche is sadly often true—American’s are expected to live to work rather than work to live. I’ve worked for a number of very large corporations in American and anecdotally, Apple’s benefits are better than most.
That being said, expecting Apple to voluntarily dramatically exceed the levels provided by most other US employers is blatantly unrealistic. They are operating in a capitalist economy and are (sadly) beholden to their shareholders first. If their bottom line was adversely affected by such increased costs, their shareholders would lose it.
Lots of comments in this thread highlighting the far better minimum benefits many of you enjoy in your home country but let’s be clear—those standards are set by your governments. If the standards were lower, you can bet that most of your employers would likely do barely more than those lower minimum standards would require. None of them are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. Apple employees probably see the same exceptional level of benefits in your country that all of your employers provide—because it’s the law.
This isn’t so much an Apple issue as it’s a US government and frankly, US citizen issue. The majority of the legislative bodies in this country are controlled by the conservative arm of our politics who‘s core beliefs generally preach less government is better and subsequently, less spending and less taxes. They’re not going to subsidize these programs. And the blame falls squarely on our shoulders because we’re the ones who keep putting them in office. Any mention of ’socialism’ or even ‘social programs’ might as well be someone stating they prefer to worship Satan.
Except for Medicare
Boy oh boy do older folks love to rail against "social programs"... except for the one they love getting for themselves
LOL they really think retail employees are gonna put up with the crap they are put in just to have extra vacation time? Plus WHAT is the incentive to be full time if everyone gets the same benefits. Also Apple couldn't stand to pay the employees more but can pay engineers 180k. LMAO
Apple is introducing improved benefits for its retail employees in order to attract and retain workers in the current labor market, reports Bloomberg.
Updated benefits are applicable to both full time and part time employees, with Apple now offering 12 paid sick days, up from six. Sick days can be used for mental health leave, illnesses, or taking family members to the doctor.
Apple is also providing more vacation days, with an increase in the available vacation days coming after three years of employment instead of five years of employment. Vacation days will be offered to part time employees for the first time, with Apple providing up to six paid vacation days per year.
Part time employees are now eligible for up to six weeks of paid parental leave and will have the option to ramp up work time for the first four weeks when returning, and Apple is also offering part time workers access to discounted emergency backup care for children or elderly family members.
Many companies have been having trouble retaining retail staff amid the pandemic, leading to staffing shortages. In response, companies have upped wages for employees, and, as Apple is doing, added expanded benefits to be competitive with other businesses. Apple's updated benefits will be available starting on April 4.
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pennies. whats worse is people who've been there for YEARS get paid the same amount as people who are seasonal and just starting. Also it depends on the what part of the world youre at. most are hourly as well. the managers are salary.
retail doesnt get bank holidays... LOL those kinds of days are reserved for corpo jobs.
i agree. i dont want more vacation days and sick time. gimmie more money to put up with mask psychos, "i wanna talk to the manager"s trash parents.
Isn’t two weeks of vacation pretty much the ‘norm’ for most companies/agencies? I mean, it probably depends on the size of the company and policy, but where I’m from, two weeks is standard in most industries.
I just transferred to a new agency, and the same as you, I have two weeks of vacation that I can use at any time outside my training/probationary period.
You should also mention that after these 6 weeks of fully paid sick leave from your employer, you will be paid about 80% of your last salary by the health insurance for a maximum of another 78 weeks.
Apple is also bound by these rules in the stores.
Sure, wages in the US are higher than here in Europe, but social security is unfortunately at a very low level in the US.
Wages in the US are higher, but not really for those who struggle. In October the national minimum wage in Germany is supposed to be raised to 12€/hour. While I am aware that in the larger US cities, starting wage for people working in grocery stores or cafés can be $15-20/hour, but in those cities normally you can‘t even afford a 1-bedroom apartment even if you spend 100% of your salary on rent.
If you include the fact, that an employee in the US might not get enough paid sick or vacation days a year and will take instead unpaid leave, that will lower her/his total yearly income, I wouldn‘t be surprised if the income of an employee in Germany would be higher than in the US, especially if you calculate take yearly income divided by actual hours worked in the same year.
The top ‘x‘ % of earners in the US are without a doubt earning more the same group in Germany, those people often can replace as well the social security with privates insurances, savings and investments.
If you include the fact, that an employee in the US might not get enough paid sick or vacation days a year and will take instead unpaid leave, that will lower her/his total yearly income, I wouldn‘t be surprised if the income of an employee in Germany would be higher than in the US, especially if you calculate take yearly income divided by actual hours worked in the same year.
The top ‘x‘ % of earners in the US are without a doubt earning more the same group in Germany, those people often can replace as well the social security with privates insurances, savings and investments.
Very true. I won't disclose who I work for, however all employees, full / part time, get an annual bonus based on individual performance, and company performance. It's typically very generous, and definitely motivates people to stay long term.Overall great benefits but focus on offering more💰 bonuses or stock bonuses as compensation. That will attract the workers to stay.
Some Apple Engineers Rewarded Up to $180K in Stock Bonuses as Incentive to Stay
Apple is providing stock bonuses to some engineers in order to prevent them from moving on to companies like Meta, reports Bloomberg. Last week, select engineers in silicon design, hardware, software, and operations were informed that they would be receiving a $50,000 to $180,000 stock bonus...forums.macrumors.com
This approach can be applied to retail workers too.
The only--THE ONLY--benefit that would lure me to retail/customer based work is being allowed to fight one customer once a week without fear of repercussions. There had been days during my Apple repair tech days when I wanted to throttle some entitled, the customer is always right? customers. Throttle 'em 'til they're blue as a smurf.?♂️
Y'all can't pay me enough to deal with today's Karens and Chads. Allow me to mouth off to one once a week, then I'm your Huckleberry.?
Y'all can't pay me enough to deal with today's Karens and Chads. Allow me to mouth off to one once a week, then I'm your Huckleberry.?
ًWhy does Apple need to "attract" retail workers? isn't Apple like high end luxury brand company? those workers should be paid pretty well. Its not K-mart or 7-11
its nice to have this as an employee but for business owner perspective this also means paying someone 2 months for not working.
I think a more realistic and fairer policy is to have 3 days a month off for the employee to take a break whenever he wants and his yearly 30 day vacation is non-paid assuming his salary is substantial and not minimum wage.
its nice to have this as an employee but for business owner perspective this also means paying someone 2 months for not working.
I think a more realistic and fairer policy is to have 3 days a month off for the employee to take a break whenever he wants and his yearly 30 day vacation is non-paid assuming his salary is substantial and not minimum wage.
A frustration for me is that Apple doesn't pay the compensate the retail jobs nearly well enough to attract folks that genuinely are passionate and knowledgeable tech fans.
I'm not saying the whole store has to be "Genius Bar" level folks, but a higher baseline than "folks who used to work at The Gap" would be pretty beneficial to customers.
I've overheard so much dead wrong information going to customers from Apple Store employees over the years...it pains me.
Yes. One's pay is proportional to the worth of your services to the company.
I'll hazard a guess, but the "older folks" want to see a return into a system they have been paying into, by a promise of the government to provide a return on that payment.
So ‘hearsay’ then, Which means…. nothing. Because you overheard something doesn’t mean it’s the full translation of the events across how many Apple stores in the U.S. It’s far more important to remain objective based on anything you hear, unless you have personal experience, then what you’re posting really has no significance.
Yet other developed nations give you nearly a month and unlimited sick days.
Apples benefits are shocking. In fact most US companies are. I’m based in the UK and my company vacation leave STARTS at 27 days per year. Plus my birthday off. Plus public holidays. We also have the option but buy and additional 10 days OR sell 10 days of our vacation.
Sick days are not a thing. If you’re sick - you take the time off you need. Simple as.
American companies must drive their employees into the ground.
Sick days are not a thing. If you’re sick - you take the time off you need. Simple as.
American companies must drive their employees into the ground.
That’s not enough. Why would any great Tech Salesmen want to work for you Apple? Where’s the commission from their sales? Carriers whom sell your phones give salesmen commission. Also Employees hardly get discounts on products. It’s once a year at 10% is not enough that’s basically covering tax. Why would employees want to demo your product? Why do carrier employees get bonuses when Corporate Apple employees don’t? I’d work there and sell a ton, but I deserve a portion of the money earned for what I push to sell. So there’s your turn over.
28 paid days leave in UK, by law. 28 *weeks* paid sick leave, but employers are only required to pay £99 per week, that’s very low, but it’s hard to fire you in that time. In practise, most employers will pay full pay for a few weeks.
Exactly, I keep rereading, and I still interpret it as MORE after three years. I mean that would still technically be true if you started with zero or seven or whatever, but I'm guessing you don't start with none.