“We’re temporarily closing soon, but are currently open for pickup of existing online orders, previously scheduled in-store Genius Support appointments and previously reserved one-on-one shopping sessions with a Specialist made through Tuesday, December 22,” the listings for those stores says.Īpple’s stores in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, remain open for business, although appointments are required and they are not taking walk-in visitors. And given that it has proven willing to close every store in China and Italy due to conditions, it would probably do the same in the U.S.A check of the Apple (ticker: AAPL) retail store website finds that the company has already closed two stores in the region-in Sherman Oaks and Valencia-and it says that 11 other stores will close soon, including locations in Ceritos, Manhattan Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Santa Monica, and Topanga two in Glendale and three in Los Angeles, including outlets in the Beverly Center, Century City, and the Grove. One would absolutely have to imagine that it was monitoring all of this very closely though. I asked Apple for comment on whether it was considering closing any retail stores in the U.S.
I also understand that Apple Store managers are being as flexible as possible with concerned employees who are not yet sick, though no official policies have been issued. The last of Apple’s 42 stores in mainland China re-opened today with limited hours after closures.Īpple has extended additional sick time to all employees, and any employee with symptoms similar to COVID-19 will be paid for sick time as long as they are out. In addition, Apple has closed its stores in Italy, which remains on lockdown. The additional cleaning protocols have been in use since February at Apple Stores worldwide.
Many Apple Stores around the world remain open, while others have been closed in alignment with local regulations amid coronavirus concerns. We recognize this is a challenging and ever changing time for our global community and our thoughts are with those around the world personally affected by COVID-19 and the heroic medical professionals and researchers fighting it. As a precaution, we also undertook an additional extensive deep clean overnight before reopening the Third St. Free, fast and easy way find a job of 731.000+ postings in Santa Monica, CA and other big cities in USA. Full-time, temporary, and part-time jobs. All our stores around the world have increased deep cleaning protocols and we have actively reduced customer density in all stores worldwide by cancelling Today at Apple sessions and creating extra space for Genius Bar appointments. Search and apply for the latest Tour leader jobs in Santa Monica, CA. In consultation with health experts, we’ve taken a number of steps to protect our teams and customers. The employee has not been to the store since taking leave on March 2 to care for a relative. Promenade store in Santa Monica informed us they had tested positive for COVID-19 late yesterday.
We received a full statement from Apple regarding the employee as follows:Īpple’s first priority - now and always - is the health and safety of our employees, customers and the communities we serve. Yesterday’s biggest closure news, though, came from Disney, which announced that Walt Disney World, Disneyland in California and Disneyland Paris would all close for several weeks. Apple’s home county of Santa Clara had announced 66 total confirmed cases of coronavirus as of yesterday and issued an order to cancel for three weeks mass gatherings over 1,000 people. The city of Santa Monica cancelled all public gatherings as of March 12. Apple says that it has also instituted additional deep-cleaning protocols and taken measures to reduce density by cancelling Today at Apple sessions and spacing out Genius Bar appointments.Īs of March 4, Los Angeles County had declared a local emergency and on March 11 California Governor Gavin Newsom recommended against large-scale events. The employee had been on leave to care for a relative since March 2.Īpple consulted health experts and deep-cleaned the Third St. tested positive for COVID-19 late yesterday. An Apple Store employee who was on leave from the Third St.