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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

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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1.0
Feb 20, 2014

Disappointed and tired

Recommend
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Pros

Free food (it's good unless you tried to eat it 2 meals a day, 5 days a week for 5 years) Great Giving culture/spirit (I once donated $500 a year per supervisor request) Diversity amount employees Panda Ways: promoting Healthy lifestyle, Continue Learning, Developing Others and Acknowledging Others

Cons

-Stressful/unbalanced work life- I was told by my supervisor that my loyalty caused me to "work hard but not smart", therefore it's my own fault and my own responsibility to make it work -Unreasonable- Being held accountable for my career advancement based on my personal life: "The way you do anything is the way you do everything", the failure of my personal life would mean I won't do well professionally either. -Unappreciated/unfair- different treatment per competency the company is looking for at the time, and I was told to take English class in front of others in manager meeting several times

2.0
Jan 15, 2014

HORRIBLE experience!

Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable salaries, and bonus. Comunity works like fundrasing. Good medical insurance.

Cons

Zero work/life balance, expect long shifts over 10 hors a day. The company tends to favor asian employees, they get the management jobs faster and without any related experience than a non asian. The ACOs treat the managers very disrespectfull, I even saw one of the managers cry after a visit. They make them feel like they are worthless. They even tell the emplyees that we should be ashamed of our manager... In this state they change managers like chess pieces.i Ohh and if you have witness any wrong doing and inform it to the HR department they will tell you they will do something about the situation but...expect nothing but RETALIATION back.

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