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      Applebee's

      Engaged Employer

      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,791 total reviews)
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      Tony Marolejo

      67% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,791 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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      Reviews by job title

      10K reviews
      1.0
      May 17, 2018

      Server

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Coworkers are great, that's the only thing that will get you through a shift

      Cons

      Just about everything. From management to customers, no one respects your or your life. Expect to be asked to work constantly when you're not available. Managers are some of the most rude and impolite people you will meet. Scream at you in the back and throw you under the bus to customers. Don't come to them with actual problems - you will get laughed out of the office. Don't expect a break - somehow, applebee's gets away with servers working 12+ hour shifts and getting no off the clock break through out the day.

      2.0
      May 12, 2018

      Company doesn’t care about employees.

      Applebees bartender/neighborhood expert server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Tips are fast cash - generally made 50-200$ per 5 hours. Better money than min wage jobs.

      Cons

      Every employee from front to back and bottom to top is overworked and undercompensated. A third of the work is non-serving related yet servers are strictly paid the below-minimum-wage serving wage. Side work is intense and grueling. Servers must receive at least 10 online customer praises each week or have thier schedule cut - That means (on average) two glowing customer reviews per shift - keep in mind this is Applebee’s. Workload/quality-of-food/customer demographic/employee demand ratios set you up for failure. Hours can exceed 14hours with no breaks. Servers sometimes have to do dishes which is impossible to do while maintaining customer needs - then punished when there is t enough silver wear or dishes. No benefits. My heart aches for so many Applebee’s employees who haven’t or won’t move on. Of course strict policies prevent you from sharing any of this.

      1.0
      Apr 11, 2018

      Host

      Host
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As many hours as you want.

      Cons

      Inconsistent work hours. The idea of being "cut" should not be a thing. Schedule me to come in at a time and work until another time. When the end time is reached and i punch out and go off the clock that is the conclusion of my time acting in the capacity of an employee. My pay should not be contingent on the generosity of servers via a tip-sharing system.

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