Is Panda Express a good company to work for?

Panda Express has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 5,398 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Panda Express to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Panda Express have been left by employees working as Kitchen Crew , Part Time Cashier and Restaurant Service and Kitchen Team .

Does Panda Express pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Panda Express employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Panda Express. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Panda Express?

60% of Panda Express employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Panda Express 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Panda Express?

Cook (358) , Counter Help (337) , General Manager (324) , Cashier (248) , Shift Leader (218) , Assistant Manager (188) , Kitchen Help (136) , Front of House (106) , Line Cook (87) , Lead Counter (73) , Panda Express - Counter Help (69) , Crew Member (64) , Server (63) , Associate (58) , Shift Lead (58)

What are the pros of working at Panda Express according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is good and if you need a lot of hours it's easy to get them." ((in 819 reviews)); "You get free food (A least at my establishment) and the work is so easy." ((in 448 reviews)); "Good benefits which is always good" ((in 251 reviews)); "High standards Your meals are free during your shifts 20% off discount to eat there otherwise" ((in 245 reviews)); "Great atmosphere and coworkers." ((in 145 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Panda Express according to real employee reviews?

"Bad Management and very strict" ((in 412 reviews)); "Tiny raises Bad managers A lot of cleaning" ((in 260 reviews)); "Long hours and have to be on my feet the whole time while working in heavy traffic Panda Express." ((in 202 reviews)); "No work/life balance; too demanding and ACO's are low quality." ((in 174 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 111 reviews))

What Panda Express locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Columbia , Fort Collins , Salt Lake City , Gainesville , Starkville , Cincinnati , Boston , Bayonne , Temecula , Kansas City

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Panda Express

Now known as Panda Restaurant Group

Panda Express reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(5,255 total reviews)

Andrew and Peggy Cherng

81% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

3.0

Work/Life balance

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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Aug 26, 2017

Dont work here.

Counter help

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food when working, 20% discount. Coworkers are really friendly, decent pay

Cons

Managers are rude, dont care much about you. They stress you out and make you feel horrible when you make a mistake.

3.0

Jun 16, 2017

When things are good they are great.

Counter help

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee Meal - Above minimum starting pay - Fast paced - 20% Employee discount - Great Team

Cons

- Manager will expect you to do everything at the same time - Rude costumers - Managers don't train new employees - Sometimes you have to clean the store, serve food and ring up costumers alone - When sales fluctuate the blame will be put on your lack of "intensity" - Manager will try to pry into your personal life using any excuse - Stressful enough to not motivate employees into moving up - Not even the assistant manager works full time

4.0

Apr 22, 2017

It was good, nice and clean atmosphere and not too demanding work

Front of house

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really good food and meet a lot of cool People. Lunch breaks came with free food and was a very interesting job

Cons

can be hard work, can be very loud, had to clean a lot of dishes if your new, sometimes can get overwhelmed

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