Great work environment, low pay, no salary raises - Host Applebee's Employee Review

3.0
13 Aug 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My co-workers were really awesome, I really enjoyed working with them daily. When restaurant slows down we have time to talk and socialize, and they were all very helpful to another.

Cons

There are no wage increase, regardless of how long you've worked there. (Hosts) whether you get promoted to a server depends on the General Manager and they do play favorites.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Meeting great staff FOH and BOH

Cons

No monthly salary as discussed during orientation. Bonuses totaled around 700 for year 2024. I was basically an overpaid line cook. No exaggeration. Weekly inventory and truck orders was all there was to do for managers. The rest of the day consisted of being a prep as the open mgr(we literally didn’t have a prep), hosting, bagging orders, and being the best line could you could ever want to be. Get comfortable on broil!

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