A good place to start. - Host/Server Applebee's Employee Review

3.0
Nov 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Applebee's is a great place to start of when it comes to customer service. At applebee's I have learned a lot of skills that I will need further down the road. The staff is nice, mostly. The food isn't to bad.

Cons

The hours suck. Most servers go in around 4pm or 5pm and do not leave until around 2am- 4am. It's a tough schedule for anyone that has a regular life; students. There are also no set gratuity for parties so most times they do not tip the proper amount, if anything. The employee's are mostly convicted felons... applebee's is not strict on their employees, they hire anyone.

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Pros

Short drive, Half off food, Will work with you with your schedule.

Cons

GM unprofessional. Not appreciated for your experience and what u can bring to the table. Tips were poor. Poor customer base. Antiquated POS. No patience to train properly. Are bullies. Heating and AC do not work properly. Extreme favoritism. Do not recommend. Oh and if you didn't make your sales quota, u were told you would lose hours. If a table walked out without paying, they made u pay the difference. Callous, unprofessional, employees came last. Sales is all that matters.

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