Applebee's

Applebee's Employee Review

Not bad but not good either

Line Cook (Former Employee) - Windsor, ON - 28 January 2023

In truth working here is not bad, This is dependant on who you work with though. Most cooks are good people that understand team work and will step up to help each other get through the rough times. There is a great deal of good memories with fellow cooks and servers and in truth the people are what makes it. Managers can be a flip of a coin though sadly. There are good ones there that care about their staff but sadly the head company seems to enjoy replacing them with bad ones. Pay is okay but it is very hard to get a raise. One time we where told the new tip out we where getting was going to be our raise. A system that takes a percentage automatically from the servers digital sales. They have on the ad that there is overtime pay. This is a half truth really because head office will ensure that no one gets to overtime if they can. In the 7 years i worked there I have only got overtime maybe twice. One thing to note as well is that you will never be allowed to know when your shift is done. They operate under your start time is this time and your done when we say your done. So often your best to just assume your closing even if you opened.

Pros

Good coworkers, Good hours in the summer

Cons

Expected to stay until told your allowed to go, Low pay, Only get half off food when working.

Ratings by category

2.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

1.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

1.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

3.0 out of 5 stars for Management

2.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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