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Apple Giving Many U.S. Retail Employees Raises
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The median income for ONE adult in the USA is approx $31,000/yr
$25/hr puts you at $52,000/yr.
Not too shabby, in my opinion.
$25/hr puts you at $52,000/yr.
Not too shabby, in my opinion.
"Updated benefits are applicable to both full time and part time employees, with Apple now offering 12 paid sick days, up from six"
You get 12 now.
Recent changes give Apple’s part-time retail workers 6 sick days and their full-time retail employees 12 days a year. That‘s above average for much of the US workforce. I believe it’s accrued throughout the year and can roll over year to year.
I hope amazon gets on this. The most you can make in the warehouse is $21
Apple is giving many of its U.S. retail employees raises ranging from two percent to 10 percent depending on location, reports Bloomberg. Salespeople, Genius Bar support staff, and some senior hourly workers are being granted pay increases.
Apple is said to be boosting the pay of its retail employees because of inflation, the difficult labor market, and staff complaints about working conditions amid the pandemic.
Pay increases were announced earlier this week during store briefings and individual meetings with employees, according to Bloomberg. Most of those receiving raises are employees who have worked at the company before 2020, and not all employees will be receiving a pay boost.
Not all stores have yet been notified of Apple's plans, but the raises are set to take effect starting in February and are separate from annual raises that are provided in October. Bloomberg spoke to two Apple employees who received a pay increase, with a salesperson receiving an extra $3 per hour to put them at $25 per hour, and a worker who handles repairs now receiving $24 per hour after a $3 per hour raise.
In addition to raises, Apple this week also told employees that it is introducing improved benefits. Apple now offers 12 paid sick days, up from six, and those days can be used for mental health leave, illnesses, or taking family members to the doctor.
The company also changed when employees are eligible for an increase in the number of vacation days they receive annually. Previously, Apple offered additional vacation days after five years of employment, but now additional vacation days are provided after three years. Part time employees are also now eligible for vacation days and up to six weeks of paid parental leave.
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Totally agree! Successful companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Tesla, Meta, etc., and wealthy individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, they should all distribute money evenly to the whole human kind!
When I worked for Apple retail 12 (Yikes!) years ago, I started at $15.50/hr. Rent for a decent 1 bedroom apartment I split with my girlfriend was $1,250ish per month, or 80 hours of work. Those same decent apartments are now $2,450ish per month, or 102 hours of work at $24. So take that as you will.
Shhhh don’t say the evil U word here, Americans don’t take kindly to thoseProbs a nice union job
There was a time when people used to work at the same place out of college, and white men were compensated with actual living wages. One step forward, two steps back. Now, hardly anyone in retail makes a living wage
It's a start. Now hopefully they don't cut back the amount of hours they work.
2% pay bump in the face of 7% inflation is a pay cut.
Yes they get insurance! Part time workers have insurance too!
Close many of the retails stores FFS!
I don't know who is stupid enough to walk into an apple store to buy an apple computer when you can do it online at a discount these days and/or shop at Costco w/membership or a best buy, micro center and walk out cheaper than any of them sold at a retail apple store.
Much overhead would be saved as well if they shut down a bunch of them.
edit: the last time I was in one of these jammed packed stores it took longer for me to walk out with an online edu discounted order as well than if I were to buy at a best buy!
I don't know who is stupid enough to walk into an apple store to buy an apple computer when you can do it online at a discount these days and/or shop at Costco w/membership or a best buy, micro center and walk out cheaper than any of them sold at a retail apple store.
Much overhead would be saved as well if they shut down a bunch of them.
edit: the last time I was in one of these jammed packed stores it took longer for me to walk out with an online edu discounted order as well than if I were to buy at a best buy!
So you're basing your opinion of every job in America on how one company pays/treats its retail workers? Just ignorant. This type of attitude is so prevalent online and it's obvious anyone who parrots it simply doesn't have a good grasp of the global labor market and how the US fits into that.
At least some were well above 2% (article stated 2% to 10%) and the examples given were actually more like 14%. Plus, the raises were apparently in addition to whatever the annual raises were.
Inflation right now is 7% (actually 7.5% in January) but for 2021 overall it was 4.7%. Time will tell where things go in 2022.
I worked for Apple retail for over two years. In that time I had exactly one Saturday off. And I was told if I asked for Sundays off for religious reasons I would be fired.
Note that the purpose of my message is just to say that while the pay may be better than Walmart or Target, it's still retail. So don't quit your day job to go work for an Apple Store. You're still working retail at the end of it. (Though the discount was, or maybe still is - pretty good).
Note that the purpose of my message is just to say that while the pay may be better than Walmart or Target, it's still retail. So don't quit your day job to go work for an Apple Store. You're still working retail at the end of it. (Though the discount was, or maybe still is - pretty good).
It’s not for every single employee, there are certain conditions to receiving the 2-10% raise depending on location.
2-10% depending on location so with inflation factored in at about 7.5% it’s a -5.5% to 2.5% “raise”.
I walked in with an iMac and walked out without anything and I received a receipt.
I was recycling. ?