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Panda Express reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(5,255 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 5,255 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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2.0
May 30, 2014

No life awaits you

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Start out at $9.00 an hour (not worth it in the long haul) free food great co-workers small bonuses once in awhile

Cons

Management is terrible. Our store has had 5 different managers in three months. Multiple managers I've had seem to dislike their job wanting more in life than be in a store for 90+ hours a week. We are always short on staff. All employees have either 5-6 days preventing us from having lives. They want Panda to be our life which is ridiculous. It is also hard to balance school and work because you signed up for part-time job, yet make you work 6 days out of the week. We are always behind on orders because they believe that 2 people in front and one person on drive thru is sufficient. They tend to send employees to breaks right before it becomes an employee violation. Overall this place is a COMPLETE MESS, very dysfunctional.

5.0
May 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bonuses. Pay. Care about employees. Training. Well worth my time and effort Able to move up. Life changing My time with Panda has been life changing. They not only coach on the business but most importantly, they coach on how to manage your life and make it better. Not only that, working with panda you will learn many rewarding tools that will make you stand out when applying elsewhere.

Cons

A lot of pressure for new hires. Demanding.

4.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome starting pay, flexible scheduling (with the understandable managers), benefits

Cons

Food industry customer service freaking SUCKS. You will have to deal with unfriendly people with the most ridiculous complaints and requests. People don't understand they are not a mom-and-pop chinese food place. They are americanized fast food.

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