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      Applebee's

      Engaged Employer

      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,792 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 9,792 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
      4.0
      Mar 12, 2017

      Host/Server

      Server/waitress
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      HOST: easy job, great first job, income is 5/hr + 2% of total sales from servers. pretty laid back job on weekdays and morning shifts. The busier the restaurant, the more in tips you'll get. SERVER: potential for GREAT money, income is just from tips. they are able to work great with students and their school schedules. WEEKENDS and NIGHTS are the shifts to work to make money.

      Cons

      Host: deal with the servers attitudes, bussing, dealing with rude people at the door. The pay can be low if only working day shifts. Server: income is all from tips. (this CAN a con sometimes) this is also a con if you get sat with people that do not tip well. At the end of the night, you are tipping your host and the bartender so sometimes having only a few tips you go negative.. (tip your server)

      3.0
      Mar 3, 2017

      Cash is good, but little regard for employees' well-being

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's great for fast cash and the hours are flexible because you set your schedule. Enough employees to get coverage if you need it because people want the extra money.

      Cons

      Poor management. You're kind of just seen as a number. They don't always follow your availability and schedule you for days you can't work. Unusually long shifts for a restaurant - you don't actually leave until at least 2 hours past your end shift time. Granted, no restaurant worker leaves at the scheduled end time of their shift but it was just absurd here. Difficult to get a hold of managers to sign you out, employees assigned to checking your side work could be nit picky and make you do extra work, employees frequently don't show up or call out, resulting in the managers begging you to cover for them. Corporate restaurants are usually just more difficult to work at than privately owned ones.

      3.0
      Mar 1, 2017

      Often interferes with personal time

      Assistant general manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Tenuously changing environment, fun atmosphere, competitive salary, 20 of opportunities for advancement , great benefits package paid vacation at the start

      Cons

      Always having to answer emails phone calls file reports or go in on days off salary is for 50 hours typically it's a 55 to 60 hour work week

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