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      Panda Express

      Now known as Panda Restaurant Group

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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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      5K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 23, 2011

      You're basically a slave

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      You get free food every day you work 20% discount on days you dont or for friends/family Decent Starting wage for fast food Flexible hours

      Cons

      You do a lot of "female dog" work. You're basically a slave to the manager and you get looked down upon by the customers who treat you like dog crap. A lot of cleaning and staying busy

      1.0
      Jan 8, 2011

      Despite the smoke and mirrors, it's still an exploitative fast-food job.

      Associate (food prep, cleaning, etc )
      Recommend
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      Pros

      With their near-constant turnover--even in this depressed economy--it's not difficult landing a job there, But, apart from this, I am hard-presed to come up with a "best reason" for working at Panda Express!

      Cons

      The Cherngs' greatest achievement is in the area of image management. They want to project an image of the chain's being one big, happy family, with a caring. paternalistic management. The reality, however, is that it's just one more fast-food operation, with the focus on sweating the employees. Being Oriental myself, I must say that I also resent their characterization of what they sell as being "gourmet Chinese food." In all honesty, it's mass-produced, steam-table stuff, overly sweetened, and, Lord knows, overly salted. My parents would never recognize it as Chinese!

      2.0
      May 27, 2010

      Too spicy for me

      General manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Fast growing #1 Asian fast food chain Employees hard working

      Cons

      Do not value people with different views Chairman promotes performance through fear Push employees to take classes that are not paid for by company! People are expected to always see the bad in themselves - not much appreciation

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