Applebee's Employer Reviews

Awesome company to work for. Requires hard work, dedication, and time management. Must know how a kitchen operates (orders, rotation, planning, labor control, food cost, sanitation, and always ready for a new task) in order to have this position. Employees are always a blast to work with in a restaurant setting. Keep a good head on your shoulders and – more... you will enjoy this job everyday. – less

i went into everyday for 3 years doing my job and picking up the slack of others. so everyday i did work for 2-3 people. no one ever helped me out and on top of that one manager hated my guts for no reason at all and bitched at me all the time

Went into work had a power shift before every shift, so that we knew what the goals for the shift was. I didnt learn much at the job that I already knew. The mangement of the store I worked at was poor and would give one guy more chances than any one else that worked there and he worked there less time than the rest of us. The other workers were very – more... helpful and friendly. My co workers they made it more enjoyable to go in every day. – less

Had all my friends there and was a great place to work the pay was the only down fall for a growing family.

Working hard sometimes pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Management is more concerned about their personal lives than managing a restaurant. Moody coworkers.

The money there was really good, as far as the management goes they were not consistent with disciplinary actions from person to person. But as far as the company goes I would give it 5 stars if the management was more fair to employees and cared more about the customer service.

To start off management was not that good always told us to tell the guess one thing and then once the guess would ask to speak with the manger they would tell us to say something totally different than what they told us to tell them. As well coaching was never given rules would always be changed without anyone knowing. You would only know if the rule – more... was changed if you got in trouble. – less

While applebees offers a very flexable scheduling and a promising program for advancement, The company, after working with them for a year, did not seem to commit to their promise.

Spent most of my time expediting food. Several time the management would take over saying that I was doing it wrong even though I was doing it exactly as I was trained. The line was rude to all employees with no reaction from management. The servers were fun and enjoyable to work with. The more I worked and the harder I worked the less hours I got. – more... People who worked less than I did were given more hours. Management was also hard to find and always "too busy" to talk to about anything. Often given tasks that were either not in my station or was something some one had not done before leaving. – less

The job was like any other restaurant job. You have your good days and your bad days, but what got to me was as a manager or when I was a regular hourly employee I was always told I had to work every weekend. I just got burnt out and tired of not having a life since I worked almost exclusively all nights. It is a good job that pays well for the work, – more... but I hope they rotate the schedule now so people don't get burnt out working at night all the time. – less

I liked working with the crew. We looked out for one another, and helped the waitresses when we could. Our Gm. was very open to ideas to keep the place running. very important to us cooks.

Very fun, great people in the business, but I want to do more with my career and meet new people. I want to strive to be the best that I can be.

I helped develop strong work ethics in all that were employed by our company.We were very competitively driven as a company and being number one was important to all of us. We had a great team both inside the restaurant and in our executive leadership at home office. We trained a large percentage of the managers whom were hired to go all over the US.
The – more... Hardest part of the job was working 60 to 80 hours per week.This made balancing career and home difficult.While the money was GREAT. The breakdown of family relationships began to take it's toll.(after 17 years). I have since the taken a year off and I am most certainly ready to rejoin the work force. – less

I love the managers, customers, and environment. If we didn't go down to only 28 hours per week I would work there forever.

Every time i got to work it was always something to do. I was either scheduled to be a hostess or a waitress for the day. My co-workers were so fun, and they always had great music playing in the restaurant, not to mention sports event shown on the TVs so interacting with our guest were a blast. What i learned there was to multitask, and be a team player. – more... This Job was my First Job so most of my skills were formed at Applebee's. The hardest part of the job was juggling many different tables you were serving all at one time. and also dealing with frustrated guest who wanted a table but the restaurant was too packed to seat other guests. Management had alot of changes so it was a little difficult adjusting to different managers and there different protocols but at the end of the day was tipped off very well, and honestly thats all that mattered. – less

An ok job to work at if you love to cook! Demanding work schedule and temperamental customers.

There is no such thing as a typical workday at AppleBee's everyday brought something new. But at the end it was all enjoyable.

Arriving at work had to help stock the prep stations. Lunch rush was very exciting and fast paced before you knew it. It was time to start closing and clean up tables and stations. The restuarant staff worked very well together and were a good fit. The most enjoyable part of this job was never knowing what the day had in store for you, never a dull – more... moment at Applebee's. – less

In a typical day of work, I learned many new things about people, I enjoyed my managers who often had lots of constructive criticism and compliments. The hardest part of my job is the fact that it is financially unpredictable, which can also be the most rewarding. But the most enjoyable part of my day would have to be my interaction with people and – more... teamwork. – less

Treated employees as if they worked in every department, but I learned many aspects of the food business. Coworkers were depressing and moody. The hardest part of the job was dealing with customer complaints, the most enjoyable was the food.