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Just OK - General Manager Panda Express Employee Review

3.0
Oct 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary & benefits. Company invests in your personal development as well (have a learning benefit fund, landmark classes, etc.). Free food.

Cons

No Work/Life Balance. Labor structure of company is very minimal, as a GM, you do just as much work as the front of the house/back of the house, as the company expects you to run a store of $20000+ weekly sales with just 4 people including the manager, which means all of your staff has to multi-task from taking orders, cooking the food, washing the dishes, cleaning the lobby/restrooms, etc. The company is more about keeping its store in brand new conditions, meaning spotless cleaning from top-to-bottom. While having a clean restaurant is a nice idea, and all restaurants should strive to have a clean restaurant, it's a little extreme as far as the level of detail that the company expects its managers to keep the store at whenever a higher up executive visits you. Very high turnover rate as far as managers as well, which tells you something about the nature of the job for a GM.

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5.0
Feb 16, 2024
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Pros

Lots of development and investment in managers and team. A lot of personal development and financial opportunity available.

Cons

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3.0
Nov 19, 2025
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Pros

Fun coworkers, easy, no other pros

Cons

Management changes a lot sometimes

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