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Julia Stewart
Current Employee – been working at Applebee's
Pros – I've been working for Applebee's for a year and a half now. I like how my managers and co-workers work as a team. I've learn a lot from the restaurant industry and I had the opportunity to work in the kitchen, as a server and even hosting. It's a restaurants that believes in your hard work and dedication.
Cons – Like any other restaurant, you have good days, and bad days. But as long as you're a hard worker and always taking good care of you're guest, you always make good money.
Advice to Senior Management – Always give opportunities to you're dedicated employees to move forward.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-21 18:24 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Applebee's part-time for more than 3 years
Pros – The Applebee's company is a good one to work for, proud of products.
Cons – Management in stores is lacking of motivation and passion, they really do not care.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-09 09:52 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Applebee's full-time for more than a year
Pros – Salary was fantastic for the amount of work and type of work I was doing
Cons – Management support was not there.
Advice to Senior Management – Be able to back up your promises
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-29 15:30 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Applebee's part-time for less than a year
Pros – Flexible hours, then you have set schedule
Nice people
Pretty good tips
Very clean working environment
Cons – This just wasn't the position for me. I'm not necessarily a people person so it was the wrong choice.
Advice to Senior Management – Not so much favoritism
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-26 09:39 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Applebee's part-time for less than a year
Pros – -Flexible schedules
-Pay was decent at times
Cons – -Managers played favoritism
-Which leads to people don't deserve to move up faster than people who do deserve it
-Couldn't leave until the manager says so
-No breaks if it's really busy, even if you've been on your feet for 6+ hours
-Co-workers stole from each other
-Managers were degrading sometimes under pressure
-Did server's job for them (cleaning tables, running food, rolling silverware, etc)
Advice to Senior Management – Learn to actually manage instead of socializing with employees. Check in with each other before leaving so you know what is going on with the restaurant.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-23 21:26 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Applebee's
Pros – Flexible schedule- If you need the time off they will typically give it to you as long as you request off in advance
Cons – Management treats the employers that have been there for a long time as a friend and favorites them.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-20 11:38 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Applebee's part-time for more than a year
Pros – Great corporate training, fun atmosphere, it's almost like a family
Cons – Work employees to death, side work is long and troublesome compared to other industries. Hours are long and no breaks are given. Was required to attend shift meetings without being compensated.
Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees as a family. No need to undermine them. It's a team, so help us out instead of spending the rush in the office.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-18 09:41 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Applebee's full-time for less than a year
Pros – busy, people, other wise mostly negitave
Cons – after the hours i was being paid about $10 an hour on my salary
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-09 16:00 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Applebee's part-time for more than a year
Pros – Very Flexible Schedule. Good way to make some extra cash.
Cons – Get stuck with horrible hours, little to no room for advancement, managers like to play favorites when writing schedules. was trainer for a year and a half and I got screwed on hours and scheduling every single week because the scheduling manager had some weird grudge against me because I wasn't going to bow to their every whim and treat them like some deity. Customers are rude and often don't tip meaning that you just lost money since you now have to tip out on what you didn't make
Advice to Senior Management – Burn it down. Start over.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-06 11:17 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Applebee's part-time for less than a year
Pros – - Flexible schedule
- Fun enviornment
Cons – - Slow during the day
- New managers all the time
- Too many servers working at once
- Cheap customers
You can work a whole shift and get only 1 table if it's slow
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-06 18:32 PDT
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