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eNPS Score
Q&A With Applebee's Employees
At Applebee’s, we work in a dynamic and fast-moving atmosphere where guests are welcomed as neighbors and team members feel like family. Our employer brand celebrates this fun, friendly, and inclusive culture and invites like-minded candidates to join a team where hard work opens opportunity and team members get the support that they need to succeed.
How employees describe working at Applebee's
Best place I have worked at so far
I love working at your company
Customer Service should be Number One. i see the quality of service has fallen to the waste side. Timing is everything!!! Greeting goes along with the job.If the wait time us 45minutes to an hour acknowledge the people and appose to ignoring them when they come through the door.
If I show up early for a shift my General Manager cusses me out and takes away hours from my scheduled shifts as punishment for being on time for a scheduled shift
I have a manager that is supposed to be scheduling people correctly, but if she gets angry she reflects her anger upon her employees schedules by either cutting their hours, scheduling outside of availability and also giving hard workers the blunt end of hours
What it's like to work at Applebee's
- Applebee's employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
- Employees at Applebee's report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Applebee's have 0 meetings
- 64% of Applebee's employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Applebee's employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 57% of Applebee's employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Applebee's employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 58% of Applebee's employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With Applebee's Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 92
What are you most excited about working at Applebee's?
Fun and positive work environment
My guests. Making sure thier happy and return and ask for you by name
My customers that i have gotten to know and i make money every day
How long do the interviews usually take at Applebee's?
20-30 minutes at the most
15-20 min
15-20 min
What questions do they ask during the interview process at Applebee's?
Previous work experience, work ethic, attitudes and beliefs
Your availability your experience and why applebees
Availability and experience
What benefits does Applebee's provide?
Top Employee Response
Health benefits after 6 months for full time employees
Paid vacation and medical and dental insurance
None
Why work for Applebee's?
Great place, great people, good attitudes and positive work environment
Because it is a great company as a whole to work for.
Excellent company and get benefits
In your opinion, what are the most common interview questions that Applebee's asks?
Experience availablity and why woulf you like to work here
Availability experience and why work here
Your availability and can you work weekends
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Applebee's?
Nothi g
By eliminating the members of the staff that are slackers so to speak. Eliminate the employees that dont contribute to the staff as a team player those who speak badly of others those who make conflict among the staff. Eliminate those who basically just stand around and let others do all the work. I believe that work is called work for a reason because you have to work.
Ensure hosts are sitting employees and all are getting fair sections based on experience and can handle the sections. Rotation of sections in foh and management ensure rhier is no favouritism
How's the vacation policy at Applebee's?
No policy per say. You can request off time but not necessarily grantes
None
After a year 1 week vacation for emplyees who work over 30 hrs weekly average
What interview questions does Applebee's ask?
Past work experiences, different scenarios to prove you can problem solve and have morals
Why do you want to work here. Previous restaurant experience likes and dislikes of previous jobs, and availability
Why I would be a good fit/asset to the company. Prior experience. Can I handle many different thing going on at one time comfortably
How challenged are you at Applebee's?
Physically, it's great exercise. You don't stop much. It's great for we eloping communication and interpersonal skills as well as improving your memory.
Some days a lot some data not
Very b/c you stayed pretty busy, there were always a lot of slow food times & mistakes (especially on steak 4 out of 5 were never cooked properly) dishes were often very backed up & us servers would have to do it in between serving customers or be without silverware & glasses b/c they didn't have a dish person full time during the day! Very stressful situation!
What's the best part of your job at Applebee's?
The people, the clients, and the tips
Guests and making money daily
The money & my FOH manager Damon! He knew how to get us all excited at the beggining of our shifts & keep us motivated...he was awesome!
How secure do you feel at your job at Applebee's?
I used to feel extremely secure.
About 50/50
The first 3 months very secure. Our Main store manager & GM were demoted & moved to another store & we got the managers from that store, which made it a complete mess. While it was noticeable they were trying to bring some order to the restaurant they were terrible with trying to get to know us, our strengths and/or weaknesses & people started getting fired that were the better servers?? We had too many servers at that point & if you made a mistake you lost your job period...no options, no questions asked, just fired!
How can I improve my chances of being hired at Applebee's?
Be honest, have previous work experiences in the field
Lots of experience outgoing positive attitude and open availability
Hiring process was not hard...seemed fair & quick responses!
How's the morale at Applebee's?
Top Employee Response
Not very good...there are a lot of problems among management, staff & the cooks. Food during evening & especially late night comes out terrible & was an embarrassment to serve, also very slow...every server except the few that were "favorites" complained b/c there were a select few of us that would get stuck doing all BOH & most of FOH sidework, especially the closers (me) & there were never any negative consequences to the same people that left without doing anything!
Positive
Pretty good managers are always recognizing good efforts and positive reinforcement
How do I do well in an interview at Applebee's?
Be honest
Tell the truth
How does Applebee's handle HR issues?
Top Employee Response
Very by the books
Discreetly and with professionalism
How flexible is your work schedule at Applebee's?
Flexible
Getting better weekly
How would you compare interviewing at Applebee's to other places you've interviewed?
Very simple and straight forward
Very casual to an almost unprofessional extent I was allowed to drink an alcoholic beverage during the interview process
What should I wear for an interview at Applebee's?
Casual dressy
Casual dress wear
What's the office vibe like at Applebee's?
Small and quaint. Positive yet serious when necessary
Lazy
How do you feel about going to work at Applebee's everyday?
Mostly positive
Love it
How's the work pace at Applebee's?
Fast
Varies
How do you feel about Applebee's's future?
Positive, it will continue to succeed
Positive managers like me and respect my hardwork.
What kind of people succeed at Applebee's?
Hard-working, moral and ethical people who has drive and can perform in high pace environments
Hard workers outgoing and the people with a drive to succeed
How's the feedback proccess at Applebee's?
Great among each store but poor when it goes up the ladder
Amazing
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Should I work at Applebee's?
24% of Applebee's employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 14% are neutral and 62% would not recommend working at Applebee's to their friends.
| 24% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 14% | Passive |
| 62% | Detractors |
