Panda Express Employer Reviews

Good working environment and a good place to eat. Regular day consist of washing hands before work, preparing food, assisting customers with their food purchases, and maintaining a good work environment.

Requires alot of standing and fast pace work. A very fun and busy place to work at. Love the food and co-worker.

A typical day at work would have to be taking food orders and ringing customers up, and keeping restaurant clean and keeping everything stocked in an orderly fashion. Management is NOT that good, due to personal conflicts with them. My co-workers are in the same category as management, nothing special or professional. The hardest part of the job is – more... working with who I had to work with. No enjoyable moments, sorry. – less

I learned how to deal with customers better then i previously knew how. I was able to improve my skills at the register. The co-wrokers were fun and very polite and professional. I had no problems.

stressful, verbally abusive, no consideration for anyone but themselves, they move people up that don't have any experience when i have 10 years of experience.

Panda Express is a great place to start off as first job. I learned a lot from this job. My team members are great and I enjoy working with them. The only thing that stress me out are the lunch and dinner rushes but my team and I usually pull through. Management is okay.

I loved working with everyone at Panda Express; the manager treated me very well and I had a great connection with the rest of the staff. The food was fun to cook, but the work got a bit heavy overwhelming sometimes. There were situations where I would not get help when the restaurant was extremely busy, but I was making more money than any other fast – more... food restaurant, so it wasn't too disappointing. Overall, I could see myself working there for about a year, but the work in the kitchen was too exhausting to make a career out of it. However, the front-of-house workers (cashiers, servers, etc.) got decent compensation for a less straining work environment. – less

Keeping up in cooking, dishwashing, or food prep is demanding. Frequent handwashing, hands can go raw. Excellent equipment, sometimes the gear gets beat up, always a good day when new gear comes in. Going 110% all shift, every hour, no matter the duty, switching gears to the demand, still can fall behind. Difficult to handle regular loads when understaffed.

Learned – more... to cook up batch after batch of up to 20lbs of food in front of a raging fire, use and clean industrial cookware, mix sauces, prep ingredients, wash trays effectively.

The management in my experience is fair, polite, but drives the team hard. The individual has the responsibility to check his ego at the door, especially when running ragged at 110%, under pressure to provide quick service as well as when the manager has the friendly reminder to step on the gas.

Co-workers generally friendly, polite, but high turnover. Have had the personal experience where someone else had to step up for another who had missed work, but fell behind on orders.

The hardest part of the job is running ragged and not taking anything personally. Under stress, an individual is expected to perform at their best, and even the slightest things can seem like personal jabs. After that, it's keeping up with orders, getting out on time, and preventing injuries.

The most enjoyable part of the job is working with all the cool equipment and noticing your own progress in cooking ability. Big fire, sharp knives, and sizzling meats in sauces. – less

I am very pleased with everything that happened at Panda. I love working there. I enjoy it because I get along with my boss very well. He has been training me so much. I have almost learned everything to become an Assitant Manager there. The hardest part of my job would be the stress that having to be in charge puts on you. When my boss is unable to – more... get a hold of I am next in line of who my co-workers call. My favorite part of my job is all of the people I get to meet everyday. – less

Good place of work, enjoy your work in there. excellent co-workers.

One of the worse place to work. The pay is horrible and its hard to get benefits. You're eligible for benefits after you've worked a certain amount and even then, vision was not available to you unless you're part of management. As a full time employee, they never give you more than 32 hours because they don't want to dish out the money for overtime – more... unless they really need you. Hours are long. They expect you to completely finish cleaning within 30 minutes after closing even when you're short staffed so there were times where we stayed over to work after we've clocked out. Co-workers are awesome but management is really horrible. There was a time, some guy came into the restaurant and while ringing him up, he grabbed the bag of food and ran out the door. The area manager was there at the time and asked me why I didn't run after the guy? That's when I knew, the management cares more for their product and their revenue over the well beings of their employees. So, if you're looking for an easy entry job, Panda Express is a good place to start but don't make it your life career because its not worth it. – less

A typical day at work would be serving customers, handling money, keeping store clean, and also supervising the status of the quality of food that is being served. I have learned how to handle money and how to deal in situations where money has gone missing. My co-workers are an essential part of my job because they are my team. I consider each co-worker – more... of mine very valuable and I appreciate all their help. The hardest part of the job would be dealing with customers who are unsatisfied with the food. I enjoy it though because I get the opportunity to make a difference in their lives just by being a nice person and trying to make their experience at Panda Express better. – less

Cooking, I learned to cut vegetables cook with a wok, cook rice and Grilling. Management was good and fair. co workers were friendly and nice. Hardest part of my job was when dishes backed up on a busy day. My most enjoyable part of my job was cooking and providing top quality food to the guests.

Learned about different food temperatures. Learned about different food cultures.

Starting pay is great, as I was a newbie. Managers never stuck around, they would show up for a few minutes and leave, leaving us with ourselves. Mostly we did good, but when we got new members it was hard, espeically during rushes. It will suck the life out of you. Work hard, asked more to do. Work nights and weekends, only have 2 days off because – more... I had to request due to school. Always getting called in because some lazy bum wouldn't. Perhaps training before actually working would be better for the new people. it's hard to keep up with everything, food temps, customers, cooks, and new people without the managers there sucks. – less

Very labor intensive and tough working as a cook and a server at Panda Express. Always moving and tons to do. Enjoyed working with great co-workers.

On a typical day I would clock in, count the register and begin serving food to customers. I would greet them every time and ask what their order was going to be. As I served, I made sure the pans were filled with food and that the counter was clean. If pans were not full, I would tell the cooks to make food and once it was cooked I would replace the – more... empty pan. If the counter was not clean, as I took down orders with II would wipe the counter with a sanitized towel. After, I would go to the register, offer an appetizer or a drink, charge and say a "thank you, please come again".

I learned that in a fast food place one needs to adjust to the rush hours and make sure that excellent customer service is the priority. Store cleanliness and appearance is very important for customer satisfaction.

My co-workers were great. They were very cooperative. When someone was slacking off we all made sure to help that person get back into the rhythm of things.

The most difficult part of the job was staying extra hours a day before the store managers and other top managers were going to have a meeting at the store. It was plenty of work and long hours and it was difficult for me to stay too late since I had to attend school the following day.

The most enjoyable part was that the relationships that I created with my co-workers allowed for us to be more efficient in our work. – less

Good place of work, enjoy your work in there. travels, excellents co workers, respectfull

A typical day at work usually starts by going straight to work. As soon as your register is counted,clock in and start helping out. Usually at the time shifts change it is the start of dinner rush. I have learned a lot from my coworker here. I know a lot of what to do and what not to do. My coworkers are amazing I call us a family all the time. we all – more... move as one, and you always have help. The hardest part of my job is not having an actual "crew". Although, we have a team I wish there were certain people designated for drive- thru and front counter. The most enjoyable part of my job has to be working there some nights. I enjoy my coworkers with out them my job wouldn;t be enjoyable. They get you through the tough parts of the job, the rude customers, and they help you laugh it off. – less

This could be a great and powerful company as they created extraordinary values and vision but they are having difficulty executing them due to top down management. They do take care of their employees in terms of compensation but due to lack of work/life balance may not be worth it.