of course not, but i still prefer interesting answers. couldn't give two craps about epic.
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Apple Giving Retail Employees Up to a $1,000 One-Time Bonus
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I have never worked for Apple Retail, but I know people that did. They were not tech-savvy people they were either business and humanities majors or couldn't afford college. They were recruited with the idea that they would have opportunities only available on the inside. After a while, I felt like their retail recruiting was borrowing a page from the US Army. Part of the issue might be that they grew so fast that they likely hired a lot of people that didn't care about the job or career development.
I met quite a few people working for Apple Retail that were not good at their job but they enjoyed people and hoped that they could persist long enough to get noticed. They didn't and eventually, they leave.
"If people don't like their jobs, then let them leave. Pretty simple concept." There is no mention of staying. One can not like their job, fight and complain to make it better and look for another job. But most people can't leave because they don't like it.one doesn't contradict the other, does it now?
So yeah, their original comment contradicts what I said.
Maybe Apple should just close their retail stores. It's not like they really need them... I personally would be fine with that. I do my own research, so those people are useless to me. Then instead of getting a $1000 bonus, they can all get fired.
Don’t get me wrong, I look back very fondly on my time spent in Apple Retail. I worked with some truly wonderful people there. I honestly cried a bit when they clapped me out on my last day. But the realization that my contemporaries were better off working at McDonald’s did sting. In the end, I decided my time was more valuable studying. I had more money to lose (scholarships) than I had to gain by putting my hours into a retail job.
well there you go, i think that pretty much sums it up. i guess apple expected them to show interest and learn the ropes. it's great to be a friendly and happy store apple employee, but if you don't know what the difference is between an apple store and the app store, you may have a hard time helping customers.
what drives me crazy is that some of these people get an attitude with you as they realize this.
I think Apple did, but I am not convinced Apple ever had intentions of promoting them if they became proficient at a job that wasn't related to what they wanted to do. It's really hard to build company loyalty when everyone there knows where their career will end.
Nobody wants to work retail. I used to work retail back in the day. Have you heard of the job shortage?
The sad part is Apple doesn’t care about its phone support employees. I have a few friends that are senior advisors working full-time for $17/h. They are worn out from the massive amount of calls.
Also, I don't want my Apple products to be re-banshed to a wall-facing endcap in the back of a rebranded compUSA.but i like to go into the stores and look around
I worked at home for Apple’s Retail Contact Centre during the last national lockdown in the U.K., but got paid the same amount as people who did training modules. Or, put another way, people who brought value to the company during lockdown got paid as much as people who did not. I recently moved to support my spouse’s career, but Apple did not have my position free at our new location. Despite volunteering and getting no extra compensation to do sales from home, and almost 4 years of service, they told me they couldn’t just make up a position for me in a store where they didn’t have the need, that they couldn’t afford it. Because of this, I was not able to stay with the company. That the most successful retail company would not support me contributed to a panic-attack I had on my last day of work with them. To see them give out this much money when they couldn’t manage to support a loyal employee keep a position than paid less than £20,000 annually, and to still not have received proper recognition for actually working during lockdown, is pouring salt into a wound.
I mean, a little bit, yea. If they and their other corporations paid their taxes based on the spirit of the law instead of the letter than we might have slightly lower income tax rates.
The people saying this isn't enough or an insult are the same people who look at donations given to a charity and decide if the person or company gave enough. All while probably never giving a cent themselves to anything.
The point is: if one doesn't like their job leave and / or quit. It's up to the individual if they want to replace the job with another job or maybe stay at home and take care of the kids etc.
"record profits the last 18-20 months all thanks to the retail staff"
Of course retail staff matters, but you have got to be kidding me... Apple's products and services are the main reasons why they are succesful.
It seems you missed the point. It is not up to most individuals. Most people can't quit their job first, and even fewer can just stay home with the kids.
There is no point to be missed, I don’t agree. People have choices, some harder than others. Whether you take the post literally or figuratively is irrelevant…as people have choices.
Why not?
Why wouldn't it be deserving?
It would provide someone to live while being able to save for their future. It is by no means extravagant income and is even hard to live on in many large cities.
People don't realize how underpaid everyone is and has been over the last 40 years, especially in the days of record breaking stock markets
lower than amazon warehouse workers in 2005 or now? also, very different jobs in terms of labor, don't you think?