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3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(2,084 total reviews)
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47% positive business outlook

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4.0
Mar 14, 2014

Eh

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Pros

Good money if you work for it. Usually staffed enough so you don't run around like a maniac.

Cons

Management has unrealistic expectations in certain aspects...(sales, contests, gem responses, upsales)

1.0
Mar 13, 2014

Awful, awful place to work

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Pros

Shift meal. Decent pay for starting managers.

Cons

The guests are terrible. Expect something for free every time. Mind you that Applebee's are often in Wal Mart parking lots, and attract the same kinds of people. It is the clientele they are shooting for. If your Area Director doesn't like you, they will find any excuse whatsoever to fire you. It is a terrible atmosphere to work in. Highly stressful. No fun.

1.0
Mar 3, 2014

Horrible place to work.

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Pros

The free food during training. It stayed pretty busy

Cons

The DM was very unapproachable and would scream at you if you asked him for something. They expect you to plate, deliver, bus, and take all your orders. You are basically doing 3 people's jobs for one really low pay check. The other waitresses didn't really want to help you, they rarely even talked to me. The DM let me bury myself before changing his mind several times about what was my section and what was not.

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