Exclusive: Corrupt Apple Store Employees Come Forward Across America
We thought the crookedest little Apple Store in Texas was an isolated case. We were wrong: confessions from Apple’s retail squads around the country (and world) poured in. Apple has a serious naughty behavior problem on its hands, and the Evil Geniuses are speaking out.
We thought the crookedest little Apple Store in Texas was an isolated case. We were wrong: confessions from Apple’s retail squads around the country (and world) poured in. Apple has a serious naughty behavior problem on its hands, and the Evil Geniuses are speaking out.
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Destroying merchandise is treated as a game.
Managers overlooked Geniuses intentionally ruining iPads, buying drugs from employees and sexually harassing them instead.
Destroying expensive things for fun wasn’t just a game—it was a documented game. Destructive Geniuses actually snap evidence of their handiwork. Here we see a shattered iPad, brand new in its box.
The trick of swapping out broken, old, or otherwise unwanted employee gadgets for brand new ones out of store inventory was a regular one. Discount codes were also applied liberally where they didn’t belong. In short: Geniuses played the system to get free toys.
Nicole, who contacted me after reading our first Genius Bar report, didn’t have much to worry about when she worked back in the inventory room. It was like a bunch of kids in detention.
These two employees stole straight from the source—one even flipped Apple components and swapped in cheaper ones he bought online.
Geniuses digging through customer hard drives was widely reported.
A Texan tipster says he and his Genius friends had unrestricted access to customer personal data.
Good looking customers were given whatever they want, says this source.
Particularly—and with zero surprise—targeting attractive women.
We all know what “personal use” means.
This Article was originally posted in Gizmodo
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