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      Applebee's

      Engaged Employer

      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,788 total reviews)
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      Tony Marolejo

      67% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,788 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applebee's 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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      Reviews by job title

      10K reviews
      4.0
      May 7, 2011

      Can be stressful, but mostly fun.

      Bartender
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of fun and interesting people either sit in the restaurant or work along side you. Interacting with these people always presents a challenge as well as an opportunity. You get paid to often have a good time. By and large the managers are good people you can relate to.

      Cons

      The biggest downside of working at Applebees is heavily dependent on your clientele. You will literally get a pay cut if the wrong people walk through the door since your pay is by and large determined by tips.

      3.0
      Apr 27, 2011

      What you expect working in a chain restaurant

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Very flexable with schedule - Very easy work - Most managers are friendly

      Cons

      - Upper Managment (District Managers) are rude, unfriendly, and have unrealistic expectations. - Un-professionalism at work by employee's towards other employees (ie Racism), often just gets laughed off by managment. - If you work a long enough shift that you are supposed to get a break, you just get a half hour deducted from your time sheet, even without actually getting a break. - If you work 40+ hours, you get paid for only 40. NO ONE "goes into overtime". So at the end of the week, if your at 39 hours, but you have a saturday night shift, you can either ask off and lose out on the big tips you would earn. Or you can work, but not get paid your hourly wage. Very awful, and probably pretty illegal.

      4.0
      Apr 21, 2011

      It is a job

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with the public is nice

      Cons

      the management need some help

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