Pros
Better than average pay. Halfway decent benefits.
Cons
Hidden behind a neat mask of high pay lies a literal sleeping dragon. The Chinese food chain that prides itself on being fresh and healthy is far from it. All the food is cooked in oil from product most likely frozen, even the rangoons aren't hand made any more, so for employees, heathy options are limited. I would frequently work 12 to 14 hour days as a manager just because the labor structure is horrible, and god forbid you have any overtime, or the manager needs to work more. I was told that I am tired because I don't work enough - on my 13th day in a row. There is no work - life balance, and anyone saying otherwise is fooling you. Feedback is a wonderful tool to being successful, however at Panda, they believe the only things they can say to you is feedback. Everything from why aren't the umbrella's up in gusty weather, to I see one spot on a wall, its unacceptable. They make changes sometimes within hours and expect it to be perfect instantly. Constant pressure to preform well during store visits. Every week we would receive an email about an upcoming store visit. the actually probability of having a store visit was around 2%. You would be required to work on you days off and work open to close to prepare your store for a visit that probably won't happen. Feedback on personal appearance. This one is important because it should be illegal to some degree. During interviews, it was frequently established that anyone with tattoos, piercings, weight, neckless', rings, etc. were undesirable. Several times even managers in training will be given feedback on appearance, such as no make-up, hairstyles, hair colors (even natural hair color). They want an army of robots to man their stores, and not in a good way. Meetings on self development. It's great that a company takes an interest in my development, however I don't take kindly to being forced into a cult. All managers are required, and suggest that associates take the Landmark Forum course. Look it up, its a cult. All-in-all, stop treating your associates and managers like crap just because you pay them a little better than McDonalds.
