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      Applebee's

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      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,788 total reviews)
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      Tony Marolejo

      67% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

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      Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,788 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applebee's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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      10K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 29, 2008

      Flexibility is about all you get.

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best reasons for working at Applebee's are the flexibility of the work schedule, which allows me to go to school, work, and have a family life, and the generally fast-paced work environment is also, at least for me, another benefit. Many times while I'm working 14 hour days half the day will disappear without me realizing it because of all the new guests to serve, granted this only happens during the holiday season on weekends.

      Cons

      No included gratuity for larger parties, only making $2.13/hr, which is more of a Utah downfall, and dealing with difficult guests.

      1.0
      Nov 22, 2008

      DON'T WORK HERE

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      tips, the money was poor but with tips it was okay. I liked most of the people and my co-workers were fun ti be around.

      Cons

      bad management, i hated working there because of the management. Once me and my boss had a huge arguement, and I quit and he fired be but he begged for me back three days later! :) Some of the people had bad attitudes. Whenever i needed to leave work early or take a day off for some reason that would never let me. They even made me work on my birthday! It was so awful.

      4.0
      Nov 2, 2008

      Applebees fun place to work with some exceptions

      Assistant manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Truely is a fun place to work. Pay is average compared to other restaurants. Would like to see more pay for the little people..ie cooks hosts servers bartendars. Has timely feedback as far as employee reviews as well as a really neat way to decide raises annually. You do a self evaluation and the managers get togethor and agree to a specific pay raise, 0-5% with hardly anyone ever getting the 5%. But still usually all get a raise annually. I do enjoy my general manager and our district gm and reginal gm are terrific to work with as long as you remember they are not your friends. Manager training was done well in about 10 weeks time for new employees.

      Cons

      Unless you know the right people, getting time off is not an easy event in the management area. 50-55 hours a week, sometimes 60. Applebees needs to utilize a better way to resolve conflicts of interest. Many of their managers are dealing ineffectively with there employees. Turn around is being worked on, but is still relatively high. I think most restaurants around here are dealing with that issue, as our city has many many restaurants to choose from. Uniforms are dull, but they are working on that as well. Wish they would leave the menu alone...they took garlic bread away which caused many a gripe from our customers.

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