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      Panda Express

      Now known as Panda Restaurant Group

      Engaged Employer

      Panda Express reviews

      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (5,255 total reviews)
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      Andrew and Peggy Cherng

      81% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      Panda Express has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Panda Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restauration industry (3.7 stars).

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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Aug 26, 2015

      Applied for Manager in Training Position (No Offer)

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get one free meal per day. That is about the only thing that I can see is good about working at this place.

      Cons

      EVERYTHING. I had two in interviews and a final, third interview that they call the "on job preview." I have a master's degree so I expected to be learning about balancing accounts, reviewing gain and loss, etc. I was totally wrong. As a manager, you are essentially nothing but a glorified cashier/server. All I did the whole time I was there was serve food and clean. There were no "management" aspects involved. The "trainer" was also extremely rude. We were trained for a total of five minutes before we were expected to serve customers, know the entire menu, plate sizes, etc. I was yelled at for mundane things such as "not holding the spoon properly." This place was a complete waste of my time. I would not recommend this job to anyone unless you are a high school/college student trying to make some money. If you have a degree, go elsewhere.

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      Panda Express Response
      10y
      Thank you for sharing your experience. We will learn from your feedback to improve our candidate experience. The incident is not a reflection of our company values and we will be address immediately.
      2.0
      Aug 26, 2015

      Pays well, awful to work at

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent compensation, the pay starts at 9.60. Free meal every shift, but you have to eat it there.

      Cons

      Poor management, rate of overturn is really high. Employees aren't super motivated.

      2.0
      Aug 25, 2015

      TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT. Good job.

      Front of house
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is great. The hours can be good. You get free food. There are also really good benefits. Lots of promotional opportunities.

      Cons

      The management isn't the best. The team work just isn't there. You work hours straight sometimes with no break because there's not enough help in the store for you to be able to go on a break. Managers chose favorites and sadly, if you're not a favorite, you'll get no hours, no bonuses, and bad 6 month pay raises. I've worked at panda for almost a year now and my store has already had 6 different managers. This also makes the job more difficult because no one is really on the same page which causes fights between coworkers and just a bunch of drama. I like the job part and the customers are nice for the most part. It's the inside "help" that is a problem. They down the good hard workers and praise/promote the terrible ones. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone

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