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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

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 Restauration industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Dec 1, 2013

Hard Work but Good Benefits

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of hours Vacation pay Bonuses 6-month raises Opportunities to grow with the company Friendly employees Team environment Free meals for rest breaks 20% off employee discounts

Cons

Very high stress, especially for new employees Hard labor Long hours Not very flexible hours Schedules go out only a week in advance and are subject to change

3.0
Nov 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free meals, a great place to make new friends. Its a fast food job, so it is what it is.

Cons

Very long hours and demanding job. For the amount of money employees make, they expect a lot and want you to care about the company. Working multiple 12 hour days in a row is rough. Not a bad temporary job, but a career here is too demanding, and scheduling is all over the place, so work life balance is bad. GM's are afraid of upper management and detail clean worthless things (like the calculator) because they are trying to brownnose. Worthless, fake, cheesy corporate values. Also their new slogan of cooking "food with passion" and "service with heart" is extremely fake amd cheesy. Someone ay corporate came up with it and thoughy highly of themselves, even though it is a fake worthless slogan that employees wont (and shouldnt) take seriously.

2.0
Nov 25, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to move up, you can. lots of opportunities to be promoted

Cons

same thing every day, gets boring, everyone always has someone breathing down their neck so managers are often demanding and too bossy for a low paying job. assisstant managers also think they need to be strict to be good mangers. too much stress and hustle for a low paying job

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