Careers with Apple retail

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:18

Hey guys, am looking at applying for "Genius" at my local apple store, does anyone know how the pay for this kind of role is? I fancy a change of pace from my current employment.

I'd PREFER to work in the corporate sector in development, but I doubt there's anything UK based for that

Please let me know if any of you have any insight to Apple careers

shifty_uk · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:19

satanicguardian said:
Hey guys, am looking at applying for "Genius" at my local apple store, does anyone know how the pay for this kind of role is? I fancy a change of pace from my current employment.

Not much above minimum wage, I'd imagine? It's shop work after all.

satanicguardian said:
I'd PREFER to work in the corporate sector in development, but I doubt there's anything UK based for that

Why not?

AJK · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:24

satanicguardian said:
Hey guys, am looking at applying for "Genius" at my local apple store, does anyone know how the pay for this kind of role is?

From what I know (which isn't much tbh), it's better than minimum wage, but you're still talking Retail customer service, pretty much. I guess there are tiers of genius, but I can't imagine it goes much about tier 1-2 IT support...

I'd PREFER to work in the corporate sector in development, but I doubt there's anything UK based for that

That's a hell of a difference...!

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:25

I'm only on £14k a year anyway, and have a ridiculous amount of responsibility

And I dunno, I just guessed all of that was in California XD

edscdk · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:25

low end tech support in a shop... £7... for a mega corporation? I bet they advertise £7.50 per hour but then expect overtime for nothing...

AJK · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:27

satanicguardian said:
And I dunno, I just guessed all of that was in California XD

Get searching then to see what's in this country:
https://jobs.apple.com/uk/search

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:29

edscdk said:
low end tech support in a shop... £7... for a mega corporation? I bet they advertise £7.50 per hour but then expect overtime for nothing...

I'm on £6.40 at the moment and work all evening and weekends too XD

kitkat9933 · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:30

edscdk said:
low end tech support in a shop... £7... for a mega corporation? I bet they advertise £7.50 per hour but then expect overtime for nothing...

Yeh

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:32

kitkat9933 said:
1. GENUS is the sales role.
2. EXPERT is the tech support, and actually they aren't low end tech support for Apple, those Muppets are the ones on first line phone support.

So which are the ones the bugger around fixing stuff at the back of the stores

VaderDSL · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:33

satanicguardian said:
So which are the ones the bugger around fixing stuff at the back of the stores

The Geniuses fix the computers and do the computer based support on the bars.

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:35

VaderDSL said:
The Geniuses fix the computers and do the computer based support on the bars.

I don't know if that would be something that would hold my interest - hmmm apple hardware can get a bit dull sometimes, I like a job that keeps my mind working constantly, I work best under pressure

[FnG]magnolia · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:45

I imagine it's as soul destroying as every other retail job where you're dealing with customers who will tolerate you at best and actively dislike you at worst.

The use of the term 'genius' is in hilarious juxtaposition to the pay so I can only guess that this is Apple masochistically engaging with their minimum wage staff.

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:47

[FnG]magnolia;24651272 said:
I imagine it's as soul destroying as every other retail job where you're dealing with customers who will tolerate you at best and actively dislike you at worst.

The use of the term 'genius' is in hilarious juxtaposition to the pay so I can only guess that this is Apple masochistically engaging with their minimum wage staff.

XD haha, yeah the thought crossed my mind - I'm in B2B technical account management at the moment, but did a year in retail - and I'm pretty sure a big bang theory episode ripped into the "Genius" thing

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:52

[FnG]magnolia;24651272 said:
The use of the term 'genius' is in hilarious juxtaposition to the pay so I can only guess that this is Apple masochistically engaging with their minimum wage staff.

The Job titled "Overlord" is actually a Janitor...

satanicguardian · 23 Jul 2013 at 09:56

Doomedspeed said:
The Job titled "Overlord" is actually a Janitor...

Haha XD I liked that!

Hatter The Mad · 23 Jul 2013 at 10:43

shifty_uk said:
Not much above minimum wage, I'd imagine? It's shop work after all.

That's not the case. On average after bonuses, someone who has been there for a year or so will be earning in the high £20,000s.

Diagro · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:04

Apple geniuses are nothing what the name suggests. They xouldnt tell if a phone had a 3rd party repair if it was to save their life.

rossk26 · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:04

Hatter The Mad said:
That's not the case. On average after bonuses, someone who has been there for a year or so will be earning in the high £20,000s.

Maybe if they were doing 60+ hours a week.

When I worked on the technical support, we had loads of guys (apple nuts) leave the technical support and go to the store which has just opened. We had a trainer come supervisor who was on about £17-18k, he had to take a pay cut and was actually one of the higher up "Genius". He's had training in Cork, and knows pretty much everything when it comes to Apple products...

Whereas the rest went into the retail and sales side of things, and they got slightly more, as we were only on £10k on the tech support!!!

Saundie · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:04

Apple job site said:
You’ll need to be flexible with your schedule. Your work hours will be based on business needs.

I assume this means; "say goodbye to your weekends and evenings, because that's when the business needs are greatest".

Cuchulain · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:06

satanicguardian said:
Hey guys, am looking at applying for "Genius" at my local apple store, does anyone know how the pay for this kind of role is? I fancy a change of pace from my current employment.

I'd PREFER to work in the corporate sector in development, but I doubt there's anything UK based for that

Please let me know if any of you have any insight to Apple careers

Friend of mine works for Apple and he's always touting work for front end developers, if that's the kind of development you mean..