Pretty Good job while attending college - Server Applebee's Employee Review

3.0
Aug 26, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Can be good money if you get closing shifts. Managment within the store is very good about working with your schedule and providing support.

Cons

District Manager is totally detached from what is happening from within the restaurant and doesn't give store managment a chance to make decisions for themselves, micromanages way too much and is only in the store about once a week. Used to be a fun place to work, contests are NEVERENDING, they used to have them once in a while which was fun and now it's all the time. Too much weight given to the secret shopper reviews, some times they are useful, many times the secret shopper needs to be informed on how to do their job but the blame ends up falling into your lap.

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Pros

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Cons

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Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

Short drive, Half off food, Will work with you with your schedule.

Cons

GM unprofessional. Not appreciated for your experience and what u can bring to the table. Tips were poor. Poor customer base. Antiquated POS. No patience to train properly. Are bullies. Heating and AC do not work properly. Extreme favoritism. Do not recommend. Oh and if you didn't make your sales quota, u were told you would lose hours. If a table walked out without paying, they made u pay the difference. Callous, unprofessional, employees came last. Sales is all that matters.

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