What you expect working in a chain restaurant - Server Applebee's Employee Review

3.0
27 Apr 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Very flexable with schedule - Very easy work - Most managers are friendly

Cons

- Upper Managment (District Managers) are rude, unfriendly, and have unrealistic expectations. - Un-professionalism at work by employee's towards other employees (ie Racism), often just gets laughed off by managment. - If you work a long enough shift that you are supposed to get a break, you just get a half hour deducted from your time sheet, even without actually getting a break. - If you work 40+ hours, you get paid for only 40. NO ONE "goes into overtime". So at the end of the week, if your at 39 hours, but you have a saturday night shift, you can either ask off and lose out on the big tips you would earn. Or you can work, but not get paid your hourly wage. Very awful, and probably pretty illegal.

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5.0
19 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of shift opportunities to make additional money

Cons

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2.0
27 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Short drive, Half off food, Will work with you with your schedule.

Cons

GM unprofessional. Not appreciated for your experience and what u can bring to the table. Tips were poor. Poor customer base. Antiquated POS. No patience to train properly. Are bullies. Heating and AC do not work properly. Extreme favoritism. Do not recommend. Oh and if you didn't make your sales quota, u were told you would lose hours. If a table walked out without paying, they made u pay the difference. Callous, unprofessional, employees came last. Sales is all that matters.

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