Pei Wei Asian Diner Employer Reviews

good when i was younger, not enough tips though, found other workj, not interested in this palce anymore

the most enjoyable part of the job was the food. learn a lot but it was hard to advance only the few people that were close to the top advance.

place is a nice place and great food just poor management skills.

Working at Pei Wei is a fun, rewarding experience every hour. Not a day goes by without a chance of learning something new, or a chance to overcome a new challenge. The kitchen and staff managers are very responsible and caring, and all of us workers are like a family. The hardest part of our day happens when the dinner rush comes in, but this becomes – more... the most fulfilling part of our work as well, because nothing feels better than having a roomful of happy people eating the food we prepared and served. – less

the management team was super confusing. one manger would say one thing while the other manager said other.

A typical day at work included serving food bussing tables, making sure all guest are satisfied with there meal and that all meals are prepared properly.

I would help either get the resisters ready, or help set the dining tables ready. There was much to do for the serving department.
A typical day I would answer phone, help place food orders, and help customer problems being the key hourly.
I had worked my way up from a server, to cashier, to key hourly shutting down the building. Becoming a key hourly – more... I counted the registers and made sure everything from our check list was done before everyone left for the night.
The hardest part about the job was not being able to give help to those in need like the military or police or firefighters.
When working there no one was allowed to get benefits until a year later and that's if you were making enough money to afford it.
The schedule was always put up every day by the serving station.
At times you are promised one thing and it never truly happens. Then to go back to find our lies were spread around makes that working places even more off my list as good jobs to find. – less

is realy exausting working on this place, you run all day and just keep going, you learn a lot about all the different asian backrounds that the food is base of, the management is a perfect pyramid, the managers on top always put a lot of presure on the managers on the bottom, the only way to run this restaurant succesfully is with a lot team work and – more... acountability from everyone, the hardest part of this job is your time consuming, the way that this place runs requires managers to be there the entire day from open to close thats is a 14 to 16 hrs day, there is a lot things to enjoy working on this place, like learning the food and wok cooking the busiest the place is the more fun you get cooking on the woks is really fast cooking and is always fun to make a race game with employees and co workers trying to cook faster and keep delivering food quality – less

FOH cashier, customer service ,fast pace , easy management and communication with FOH to BOH .

managers was good but no breaks really and no life. co workers was nice and easy to work with.

Great place to work, has a very friendly enviroment i've learned alot of things working with this company. The managers are very prepared for any tasks that they might need to handle.
The typical day i work i walk in make sure we have all the things needed for the lunch shift.

I start my day with a small amount of prep. Cooking rice noodles, cooking edamame, slicing tofu, chopping ginger, and preparing mixes for morning prep to use the next morning. I've learned to use the fryers and woks. I prepare and weigh meat and produce for wok cooks to cook. I also fry egg rolls and wontons and plate them for customers. Co-workers – more... are hard working but always on cell phones during work hours. They tend to talk a lot during close which takes longer to close being bad for labor. The management is unstable. Constintly changing mangers, some with unwelcoming attitude toward employees. Unorganized managers who don't keep up with proper rules and regulations of a restaurant kitchen. Favorite part of my job is getting to cook at a fast paced environment. – less

GMs don't listen or follow the rules of the company or superior managers some managers sexually harass the female employees, worst stores to go to LOWRY Town Center in DENVER CO HORRIBLE SERCIVE GM AND FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER CURSING AT EMPLOYEES and guest food undercooked all in all bad experience never again

GMs don't listen or follow the rules of the company or superior managers some managers sexually harass the female employees, worst stores to go to LOWRY Town Center in DENVER CO HORRIBLE SERCIVE GM AND FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER CURSING AT EMPLOYEES and guest food undercooked all in all bad experience never again.

I worked for this company for two years. Work is very easy and not challenging at all. This is not a goal oriented job. I put in my best effort all the time from the beginning to the end. Through time i learned that advancement was only given to those with bold personalities that sucked up to management. Working in the restaurant business, customers – more... are not very nice because you are working FOR them. Its like cleaning up after children ALL day long. Very unpleasant. The location i worked for went through four managers in the two years i was there and it made it very difficult on employees constantly trying to get used to a new system of things. Not to mention the high turn-over rate with employee's. Still i stayed to see if i could advance in position and pay. I wouldn't count on it. – less

managers are rude and disrespectful to all employees. they are also told by their district managers to NOT work and NOT help employees even if they are busy and to only "encourage".
iv seen a manager txt a employee that they were fired for not coming back to work after being sent home sick earlier that morning with a sick note from the doctor.

A typical day would be just taking care of the guests needs. The co-Workers were young.

I know the food industry isn't the best place to work but I have worked at 2 other food places and let me tell you, they weren't as awful as working at Pei Wei. The pressure there is unbelievable. They are constantly telling you to "HURRY UP! HURRY UP! COME ON, THIS SHOULDN'T BE TAKING THIS LONG!". There's a lot you have to do and not a lot of time – more... to do it. When you come in for the pm shift you have to cut lemons, brew tea, bake cookies, restock, fill sauce cups and clean all while being yelled at to hurry up and help the customers. I couldn't move fast enough. I also felt you had to know too much about the menu. You had to know which dishes were gluten-free, which were vegetarian, which were for people with peanut allergies, which dishes could be made spicy or non spicy....etc. They wanted you to know all the ingredients used in every dish. There's a lot of pressure to up-sell as well. If I forgot to ask a customer if they wanted a cookie or drink with their meal I got yelled at. – less

The management at this particular Pei Wei is the worst I've ever seen. The manager has no idea what he is doing and my hiring experience here was awful. I was hired on the spot after he barely glanced at my application, showed up for work the next day and was told that my availability didn't work out for him. He wasted hours of my time as I filled out – more... paperwork in the restaurant and had to go buy black pants to be in uniform. When I showed up, the manager was rude and didn't even apologize for the huge inconvenience he caused me when I could have spent my time out looking for another job. I am absolutely furious with my experience and will never eat here again. The manager should be fired. – less

Fast-pace environment. Full of fun and time goes by so quickly , before you know it , time to clock-out. I love it !