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

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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10K reviews
5.0
Sep 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay for a college student, $8 and hour plus about $7 to $8 an hour in tips. This is a good job for someone who is going to college, or just some extra spending cash, wouldn't be a good career though. Fun work environment, always something interesting going on. Most co-workers are nice and depending on how often you work it really feels like a little family. Flexible hours. SOME room for advancement depending on what position you start out at. Management is very relaxed as long as you do what you are supposed to.

Cons

Can be very long hours, without ANY breaks at all. You never know what time you are going to get off, you may be scheduled to leave at 8 o'clock and end up being there until 11 or 12. Tips can be unreliable, ranging from $2 a day to $140 in my case. No benefits. Food discounts are very stingy (only 25% off). I personally don't mind, but if you are sensitive the kitchen is a place for all kinds of crude jokes and sexual harassment at times. The people you work with can be very unreliable and you end up getting punished for their mistakes, if someone doesn't show up for their shift while you're working, you will have to stay to cover their shift.

4.0
Aug 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are no pros working for this place other then you get a paycheck

Cons

No quality of life. They hire general managers that bully employees and other managers. The people in the home offices wont listen to any employee concerns as long as they still have money going in their pocket they are good.

4.0
Aug 17, 2014

Server

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedules and somewhat good tips.

Cons

Working around holidays. Certain months will stay slow (around time for school, Derby, Christmas). Getting wows which are customer comments/feedback on the Applebees website.

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