Management is horrible - No Leadership Skills
Pros
I can't think of any pros
Cons
Panada leadership is horrible. The ACO, General Manager, Assistant Managers have no leadership skills in the Renton, WA area. They tell people what to do but they don't train them. They consider training when you start working with no formal education or shadowing. Changes to the menu, prices, and policies happen all the time but management never tells you ahead of time. Often the customer will know the changes before you do. Store is always short staffed and management complains there are too many people and not enough work is being done. Management doesn't work on the weekends, doesn't open, and doesn't close the stores. They make the PICs and shift leads do everything. All management does all day is sit at the tables where the customers are supposed to eat and talk about how poorly the stores are doing. Management never says anything positive about their employees. Worse, they hire the worst people and there is a high turnover rate of employees across the board ~ 80%. If you are a AM or Manager, expect to drive all over Puget Sound to different stores that are short. The ACO will call you at the last minute to do to this store, that store, and there is no appreciation. Online training is horrible. You have to complete all the eModules standing up and it is the same computer system everyone clocks in so you are constantly being interrupted and can't focus because you are right in the kitchen. You can't train at home. If Panda wants you to train at home, you don't get paid. They also recently increased the starting pay for new employees but did not adjust the pay for employees who have been working there for a long time. Basically, the senior employees are getting paid close to what new starting employees are getting paid. Lots of employees are pissed and have quit. Good job Panda!
