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===Work environment=== [[File:Apple Store The Grove.jpg|thumb|The Apple Store at [[The Grove at Farmers Market|The Grove]] shopping center in [[Los Angeles]], California]] {{See also|Apple worker organizations}} Due to the popularity of the brand, applicants for jobs at Apple Stores are numerous, with many young workers applying.<ref name="retail army"/> The pace of work is high due to the popularity of the [[iPhone]] and [[iPad]].<ref name="retail army"/> Employees typically work for only a few years as career prospects are limited with no path of advancement other than limited retail management slots.<ref name="retail army">{{cite web |first=David |last=Segal |title=Apple's Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-short-on-pay.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 23, 2012 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716111205/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-short-on-pay.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Apple Store employees make above-average pay for retail employees and are offered benefits including [[401(k)]] plans, product discounts, and reduced price on [[employee stock option|stock]].<ref name="retail army"/> The retention rate for the technicians who staff the [[Genius Bar]] is more than 90%.<ref name="retail army"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Gurman |title=New York Times profiles Apple's retail operations and employees |url=https://9to5mac.com/2012/06/23/new-york-times-profiles-apples-retail-operations-and-employees/ |website=9to5Mac |date=June 23, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233907/https://9to5mac.com/2012/06/23/new-york-times-profiles-apples-retail-operations-and-employees/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Applemorumbi.jpg|thumb|Brazil's second Apple Store in [[Morumbi Shopping]], [[SΓ£o Paulo]]]] A May 2016 ''[[Business Insider]]'' article featured a lengthy interview with an anonymous Apple Store retail worker in the United Kingdom, where the employee highlighted significant dissatisfaction and issues for retail workers, including harassment and death threats from customers, an intense internal criticism policy that feels "like a cult", a lack of any significant bonus if a worker manages to secure a business contract worth "hundreds of thousands", a lack of promotion opportunities, and are paid so little that many workers are unable to buy products themselves even with a "generous" discount on any Apple product or Apple stock.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Edwards |title=NEVER MIND THE DEATH THREATS: An Apple Store worker tells us what it's really like working for Apple |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/qa-with-an-apple-store-worker-2016-5 |website=[[Business Insider]] |publisher=[[Axel Springer SE]] |date=May 28, 2016 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525083425/http://www.businessinsider.com/qa-with-an-apple-store-worker-2016-5/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to an April 2022 press release, over 70 percent of the eligible employees in the Apple Store located in the [[Cumberland Mall (Georgia)|Cumberland Mall]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], have signified interest in [[Trade union|unionizing]]. The employees asked for a $28 per hour wage, better benefits, and profit-sharing. If successful, the effort would make the store the first unionized Apple retail store in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leswing |first=Kif |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/atlanta-apple-store-is-the-first-to-file-for-union-election-.html |title=Atlanta Apple store is the first to file for union election |work=[[CNBC]] |date=2022-04-20 |accessdate=2022-04-20}}</ref>
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