Applebee's reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(9,780 total reviews)
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Tony Marolejo

68% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,780 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applebee's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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10K reviews
1.0
Oct 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The menu is substantial enough, and always evolving. You never get bored of trying to find things to recommend to customers.

Cons

If you've ever wanted to experience working for truly passive aggressive management who have no concise plan for where to take the business, look no further. Sexual advances from management towards staff are common place. The largest issues in inter-staff relations, and employee performance are addressed with notes posted on the bulletin board, and there is rarely any constructive criticism offered where appropriate. Instead expect reprimands for issues never brought to the table before the boiling point. Not the way to grow and develop an effective team by any stretch of the imagination.

1.0
Aug 3, 2017

it is not very good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice people that work hard

Cons

long hours and bad benefits

3.0
Feb 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay base with workers

Cons

weird protocol line into in system

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