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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
Nov 2, 2012

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Anonymous employee
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Pros

There's really nothing great about working here, except that where I actually work there are a number of good hardworking employees. The pay start is pretty good for a fast food and part time job.

Cons

The worst part about working here if you get lucky, are the managers. They all seem very lazy and always seems to be making up excuses to not help out at the stores. I mean yes they maybe doing managerial stuff but it can't be everyday every hour?! If you are lucky enough to work with any manager here that will actually be at the store everyday that they are scheduled then you got a good working manager. They all seem cool at first but as you continue working you learn that some of the things you are taught to do are actually the WRONG thing to do. So they are hypocrites and not very honest. The schedules are not even flexible and i do not know about all the other stores but the one i work at there are not even enough employees available to cover anyone's shift if they happen to call in sick or can't make it a day. They work your ass off while they get it easy.

5.0
Oct 22, 2012
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Pros

This company is focused on corporate culture. Current theme is people development.

Cons

Changes take time to adjust to new culture

3.0
Sep 30, 2012
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Pros

-Free food -Decent pay/ possibility to make bonuses -Decent benefits but nothing special -Company is all about self improvement -Learn how to run business -Learn value of hard work

Cons

-Long hours and hard, greasy, smelly work -Horrible work/life balance as you can never have 2 consecutive days off or weekends -Asian upper management is very "old school" and can be unprofessional if things aren't perfect -Force you to read and attend self help seminars and books and discuss "new way of being" -ACOs are Nazi's and everything you do has to be approved by them

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