Toxic management, low tips, no work/life balance. Do not work here! - Server/Bartender Applebee's Employee Review

1.0
Apr 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You meet a lot of people as it is a revolving door of people constantly hired, fired or quit Good about not denying time off requests Once you find the numbers for HR and Payroll, they are VERY thourough, efficient, and genuinely friendly to deal with

Cons

Will withhold your paycheck and lie to their HR department about why it is being withheld Abnormally high turnover rate Will force you to bartend, serve, and do carside and only pay you $2.13 for it, then be mad when people are upset A bad review is like a death sentence, you WILL be treated differently by management after Management is full of petty, conniving people and they boost up other petty people, not ones that work GM is the only one working, the other managers don't leave the office and WILL get mad at you for asking for help Asks for opinions about how to make things better, then gets mad when you have any suggestions (i.e. better training suggestion was met with hostility and the defense of "well you're doing just fine." NO work/life balance. They will work you 70 hours and then be mad when you're burnt out Work you constantly so you have no time or energy to apply anywhere else Clientele is AWFUL and then management will believe them over you and treat you poorly because of it There's more, but it's too much

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible and good cash tips

Cons

Have to work weekends which isn’t the best

2.0
Jun 27, 2026
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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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