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Apple Retail Store Staff Set to Gain Raises of Up to 25%
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Took the words right out of my mouth
Apple store has amazing customer service, they are much appreciated
Still doesn't change the fact that unless you're a manager or a Genius, you aren't full time so you don't get insurance.
Turned down $20/hr as a Genius about 5 years ago because the hours suck. 6 days on, 4 off, 3 on, 2 off. Stuff like that where it's constantly switching. Plus they move you between morning, mid, and night shifts. No thanks.
Turned down $20/hr as a Genius about 5 years ago because the hours suck. 6 days on, 4 off, 3 on, 2 off. Stuff like that where it's constantly switching. Plus they move you between morning, mid, and night shifts. No thanks.
It's reasons like this I will attempt to avoid all jobs that deal with the public like the plague.
25% is pretty crazy. I could understand something like 10% since that seems reasonable. I know that in Ontario, Canada minimum wage is $10.25 so Apple employees easily make over that.
That's why I left Cineplex (movie theatre company in Canada) that was paying me as a Supervisor $10.50 an hour to a job within Canadian Tire at there warehouse through an agency making $14 an hour guaranteed 40 hours a week, much better lol.
That's why I left Cineplex (movie theatre company in Canada) that was paying me as a Supervisor $10.50 an hour to a job within Canadian Tire at there warehouse through an agency making $14 an hour guaranteed 40 hours a week, much better lol.
Why is it that accusations of 'dumbing down' seem to come from those with an exaggerated sense of their own brilliance?
Let me guess.. you keep a copy of Atlas Shrugged next to your nightstand.
You do realize that car aficionados would accuse you of being dumb because you probably don't work on your own car, right?
Computers are maturing into appliances that let you get actual things done.
Hint: putzing around with computer innards isn't productive work.
Ah, no wonder people are saying America has no middle class anymore, and the gap between poor and rich is too wide.
I'd ask if that $9/hour was just for the 14 year olds, but I'm scared what the answer would be. Here in Aus, as a college-aged student working this sort of retail job, you'd be making about $18-22 (AUD ~= USD) casual rate. Not sure what the Australian Apple stores pay, but it'd be on par with that.
McDonalds pays a 20 year old about $20/hour as well...
You just asked a question that all 50 states in America constantly are discussing in their respective state legislatures.
Still 9 an hour is nice for an American employee. But retail still sucks.
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Good to see competition raising wages. Here's hoping the Surface will bring competition to the iPad and Air, and keep the quality of new devices high.
As a long time Apple customer i cant tell you some of the unbeleivable behaviour ive seen the Geniuses and retail staff put up with from the public. With any facet of retail you get regular people obviously but when you think about it you get the cranks, the angry people, the people that smell, the people with dirty computers, the people that are looking to blame Apple for everything, the rude people, the people that say yes they backed up their data, photos and then get angry because they didnt.... or people that expect to be seen immediately, because theyre more important than anyone else! Imagine how important someones iPhone or Mac can be then imagine how important say... somebodys personal buisness data is, then add some of these people to those devices and handle that X times a day. Every day.
I wouldnt want their job and they absolutely deserve the money. Purely because every Genius ive ever seen actually gave a ****.
I wouldnt want their job and they absolutely deserve the money. Purely because every Genius ive ever seen actually gave a ****.
Heck, 55 years ago I worked my way through college making $0.55 an hour, about the cost of 2 gallons of milk. But then, tuition at UW-M was only $108 per semester.
Ah, no wonder people are saying America has no middle class anymore, and the gap between poor and rich is too wide.
I'd ask if that $9/hour was just for the 14 year olds, but I'm scared what the answer would be. Here in Aus, as a college-aged student working this sort of retail job, you'd be making about $18-22 (AUD ~= USD) casual rate. Not sure what the Australian Apple stores pay, but it'd be on par with that.
McDonalds pays a 20 year old about $20/hour as well...
Australia's system is completely different, and almost no one in the US is even remotely familiar with it
.Now that i've left apple, my NDA no longer applies. If they don't increase the salaries, there's going to be a walkout. Apple spends thousands of dollars per person on HR for hiring and for training. At my old store, a new hire sales person would get 3 weeks of training. That's a lot of money down the drain if they let a trained employee leave due to a lack of a decent salary and profit sharing.
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- need to be 18 to be hired
- most employees are not little kids living in their mommy and daddys houses, they've usually got little kids of their own, not to mention mortgages.
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- need to be 18 to be hired
- most employees are not little kids living in their mommy and daddys houses, they've usually got little kids of their own, not to mention mortgages.
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I'm considering working here when I'm able to. There's a store close to my house, and I'm experienced.
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Step 3 is already accomplished.
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Is the 18 years of age thing a real requirement? I'm <18 years of age, and I'm probably better qualified than a lot of the people there.
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Step 3 is already accomplished.
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Is the 18 years of age thing a real requirement? I'm <18 years of age, and I'm probably better qualified than a lot of the people there.
Sorry I am not fluent in Apple's hiring policy. I just know I had a job when I was 15 and minimum wage was all I got, which was around $5.
i can't believe that an increase up to 25% would be possible at Apple Retail
last year, a friend of mine got a 1-digit increase
last year, a friend of mine got a 1-digit increase
99% of Americans suck at geography
Texas: 268,580 sq mi
Alaska: 663,267 sq mi
Australia: 2,970,000 sq mi
Texas: 268,580 sq mi
Alaska: 663,267 sq mi
Australia: 2,970,000 sq mi
30 bucks/hr seems pretty good, considering some college grads with thousdands of dollars on school loans don't even make that much.
Yep, that's the way it's always is at every store I go to.
I think he might of meant population wise.
Yep, that's the way it's always is at every store I go to.
I think he might of meant population wise.
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I think that's gotta be regional. In SFO and Boston, 60k is like 30 - 40k in rural places when you factor the cost of living.
http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/savings/moving-cost-of-living-calculator.aspx
Well there has to be a Middle Class because they TAX us hard!
Ah, no wonder people are saying America has no middle class anymore, and the gap between poor and rich is too wide.
I'd ask if that $9/hour was just for the 14 year olds, but I'm scared what the answer would be. Here in Aus, as a college-aged student working this sort of retail job, you'd be making about $18-22 (AUD ~= USD) casual rate. Not sure what the Australian Apple stores pay, but it'd be on par with that.
McDonalds pays a 20 year old about $20/hour as well...
That is when you call security and have the [deleted] removed from the building. It also helps to put a picture of the [deleted] in the break room, with instructions that if this [deleted] little [deleted] ever comes back into the store, they are to be charged with trespassing and have their [deleted] thrown in jail.