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      Applebee's

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      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,786 total reviews)
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      Tony Marolejo

      67% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,786 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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      10K reviews
      5.0
      May 13, 2019

      Quality Place to Work

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Once you learn the menu, it's all downhill from there. Managers are always present and willing to discount guests when there are complaints. If there's a problem with the food, they are proactive in solving it. Granted, I work at one of the better locations but I enjoy it a lot and my coworkers are like family to me; I have a lot of fun most days that I work.

      Cons

      Weekdays are slow more often than not, so I strictly work Friday, Saturday, Sunday (it's cool that they've allowed me to do this after I had open availability at first). Customers aren't super expectant but sometimes people complain there isn't more variety in the food/drinks. Occasionally it gets extremely stressful if we don't go on a wait in time, but for the past several months I can only recall one or two instances of that.

      5.0
      Feb 11, 2018

      Hostess

      Hostess
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a great job to take part in if you are looking for something with a fast pace. The management isn’t always great, but at the Applebee’s I work at the management is amazing. They are very understanding when it comes to being late or calling in due to being sick, something comes up, etc. The servers are okay. The work place is very accepting. Very diverse as well.

      Cons

      There aren’t any cons, except maybe some servers acting like they run your hostess stand. If you are not as quick as them, you will be criticized and the main talk of the day. It’s best to be careful with this. $7.50 an hour is not enough to make a living, so this is super hard to work around sometimes.

      4.0
      Jan 14, 2017

      Foh Manager

      Foh manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I love working with the people (Staff, and customers). Very good benefits, when doing contests to win prizes, football, baseball, hockey tickets are pretty common for winner's of competitions. The company outings are a lot of fun, as well. Bonus's are usually pretty good if staying on top of the budget.

      Cons

      Making it harder to make bonus numbers, and becoming to concerned with the tiny stuff. 2 or 3 $ here or there instead of doing effective research, and new strategies to grow sales. They're more concerned with making everything cheaper to compete which makes the bottom line harder, as well as destroying the value they've been creating.

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