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Panda Express reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(5,254 total reviews)
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Andrew and Peggy Cherng

81% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Panda Express has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,254 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Panda Express 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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3.0
Sep 29, 2014

High demand, low pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, good starting pay

Cons

High demand, under appreciated, tolerance, patience

3.0
Sep 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I was able to learn a lot of different jobs while I worked here, the pay was decent, free food on breaks.

Cons

Very long hours, if we were too busy you would be called back from your break early, multiple times I worked 10-12 hour shifts with only one 20 minute break, the manager was very influenced by personal feelings and if she didn't like you you would be passed over for a raise (after 15 months I was told that i would get a promotion and instead it was given to a server who had only been there for 3 months., very high turnover rate.

2.0
Sep 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get a lot of free food, there's decent pay, and you get occasional bonuses

Cons

The worst upper management I've ever had to deal with. They are horrible people who could care less about their employees. Prepare to work 12+ hour shifts with one 10 minute break if you're lucky. Barely anybody is scheduled for shifts because they are absolutely OBSESSED with labor costs, so prepare to be given a ridiculous amount of responsibilities that only results in extremely long wait times for customers. Don't bother trying to bring any problems to upper management, they will just tell you how its your fault and how you obviously don't care about your team's success and should try harder and they'll just hang the 9 dollars an hour thing over your head the whole time.

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