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?

"I was able to become a chef and the pay is good for 12.00 an hour" ((in 829 reviews)); "You get free food (A least at my establishment) and the work is so easy." ((in 444 reviews)); "Good benefits which is always good" ((in 259 reviews)); "High standards Your meals are free during your shifts 20% off discount to eat there otherwise" ((in 242 reviews)); "My coworkers were great and friendly." ((in 144 reviews))

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

"Bad Management and very strict" ((in 408 reviews)); "Tiny raises Bad managers A lot of cleaning" ((in 254 reviews)); "Long hours and have to be on my feet the whole time while working in heavy traffic Panda Express." ((in 198 reviews)); "No work/life balance; too demanding and ACO's are low quality." ((in 173 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 107 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

3.0

Mar 21, 2018

Cult like organization

Area coach of operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Vision & Mission Statements, Values, Panda’s Way and Safe Environment ideas Good pay & benefits 401K match up to 4% Good PTO (specially for management) Great opportunities for self learning & development as well as business & leadership skills Family business owned by great, caring & kind hearted couple Andrew & Peggy Cherng

Cons

Cultures & practices are heavily centralized to look & sound good in front of Co-Founders & Upper Managements by cover-ups / showing as little reality as possible. Heavily top down approach that suppresses grass-root ideas and creativities. Ability to talk one’s way up “sweet talk” and outside presentation triumph over business core skills and results in selecting promotion “people development”.

Panda Express Response

We would like to apologize for missing the mark on your experience working at Panda Express. We are committed to building an environment where our associates are inspired to better their lives, and are focused on continuously improving the overall work experience for all of our associates. Your feedback enables us to take into consideration areas that we need to re-evaluate our people development initiatives. We value your feedback, and will be sharing it with our HR leaders to see how we can work on effectively delivering on our Panda mission and values.

1.0

Jun 1, 2017

Disgusting company

Cook

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free and discounted food if you enjoy fried garbage.

Cons

Pandas Management is the worst I have ever had to work with. Immature, uneducated, disrespectful, and they have no idea how to communicate with the other employees. The schedule is never done properly and they will slash your hours if you call out sick even a single time. I have been a cook there for 6 months now and would not advise anyone to work for Panda Express.

3.0

May 30, 2017

Too over the top for a fast food job

Counter help

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food during break time and many opportunities to advance within the company. Friendly staff.

Cons

No type of downtime. If they see you just standing around they will make up something for you to do whether it's clean the walls or pick up garbage in the parking lot. Many random inspections and they are VERY particular about every little detail. The way the spoons are to be positioned, the portion sizes, your uniform, etc etc.

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