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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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5K reviews
2.0
Apr 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay ($9/hr), easy work.

Cons

Unprofessional and unorganized management, promised me 30 hours/week and ended up at 0 hours/week, lack of training, managers leave early and do not help with closing procedures so they can go home earlier.

4.0
Apr 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growth, Company Values, Staff and Management, Training, Benefits

Cons

Work-life Balance, usually worked odd hours during the day, really difficult to attain days off while in a management position.

3.0
Mar 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is higher than most all entry level fast food jobs. Cooking is really fun when you get good at it, yet the most stressful part of the business too. The free employee meals are HUGE!!! Good experience. If you are a quick thinker, hard worker, good at multi-tasking then the job is very simple. For every 5-10 terrible leaders you end up meeting a true GEM.

Cons

Management hierarchy is pretty bad. Hundreds of people quit over the 6 years I was there. Their customers suck too. If your really good at your job you will be taken advantage of repeatedly. CONSTANTLY changing protocols, ways of doing things, recipes, procedures, and even going back on what they said they would do. The entire business is EXTREMELY METICULOUS!!! The whole idea of doing intense extra cleaning because so and so is going to show up is COMICAL!!! In 6 years I never once, met the owner because they never held up to their word. The fact that they externally hire managers routinely is an enormous problem considering 75% of them can never handle it. Management is bar none the worst aspect of the business in general.

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