Apple Store Pays
Tim Smith I've seen figures for 3.8 dropping to 3.7 during the Intel transition. Logcially and applying a bit of brain power to this situation: The US market for PCs allegedly increased during...
it's retail, so don't expect a lot... 6-10 per hour (with better than average benefits) depending on position is my guess...
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Apple store employees receive a fixed, hourly pay--no commissions. Like many other retailers, Apple's pay scales taken into account the location of the store, the area's cost-of-living and other factors. In Apple's case, it has established four pay rate categories, based on the size of metro market size where the store is located. Within each category there are pay scale ranges for each of the job positions. Each pay range consists of a mid-rate, a +20% top rate, and a -20% low rate. The top pay rates for Mac Specialist I-II, Keyholder and Inventory Control Specialist are just a few dollars more than minimum wage, while those for Mac Genius (various levels) and buttistant manager max out around 5-6 times the minimum wage., and the pay rate isn't much higher than minimum wage.
In June 2004 the ThinkSecret Web site published a story that outlined some pay and staffing information, including the pay of non-management personnel. For pay purposes, the following jobs are equivalent:
There was a thread here a while back about an invoicing application for the mac. I can't find...
* buttistant store manager * Mac Genius II * Mac Genius I, Theater Coordinator * Mac Specialist II, Keyholder * Mac Specialist, Invenstory Control Specialist, Loss Prevention buttociate
To maintain low operating costs, Apple very carefully works out scheduling, and usually doesn't post it for employees until the week before--you have to be flexible! Also, despite Apple's seemingly casual culture, you have to sell while working. Apple wants to see some .Mac, AppleCare and ProCare packages going out the door with systems. Employees are evaluated on their sales performance, even if commissions aren't involved, and steps (?) are taken to improve low performance.
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Full-time retail employees receive the usual company benefits, which includes flexible benefits, retirement and stock option plans. Part-time employees reportedly receive some retirement and stock option benefits. It's been widely reported that store employees are eligible for a quarterly performance bonus-- if the store meets or exceeds a sales goal, part-time employees (at least 250 hours during the quarter) receive the full $500 bonus, and full-timers (avg. 32 hours a week) receive a $1,000 bonus. Lastly, Apple offers its employees a standard discount on retail store merchandise, a larger discount once a year on systems, and a limited number of "friends and family" discounts each year. Various third-party merchandise suppliers (Nikon, Canon, H-P, etc.) also offer the store staff varying discounts on some of their merchandise.
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