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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
4.0
Mar 17, 2014

Good experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Family oriented management team. Good friendships and networking opportunities created.

Cons

Upper management very focused on purely numbers. You're expected to be very hands on so expect to work 65+ hours but still be cooking almost everyday as well. You won't be able to focus purely as a planner because your manual labor is required to help take care of cooking, prepping, and/or serving.

4.0
Feb 8, 2014

Good Company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

management cares about educating employees and spend a lot of time coaching and teaching employees new skills.

Cons

No work life balance, little flexibility with schedule

2.0
Feb 3, 2014

No work-life balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Panda offered a great bonus program (that is if the company had a good year). Also, Panda had a gym on-campus so associates could work out after work or during their meal break.

Cons

The worst about working at Panda was the work hours we were expected to keep. At time, my department was working 12-hour days and many times we were expected to work weekends on a moments notice. While I was employed with Panda, my life revolved around work.

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