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Best thing
Pay is great for Stillwater, plus they have $0.25 raises every 6 months. There's room for growth to shift lead. FOH starts at $16, BOH at $17, and shiftleads at $18 (which is easy to get). You get a paid 10 min break every 4 hours you work, plus an unpaid 30 every 6 hours.
Worst thing
Our location is open until 11, so you don't get out until midnight some nights. They are meticulous about cleaning so there's a lot of deep-cleaning required, even if you have to do it between helping dozens of customers.
Report this reviewEmployee at Panda Express, September 2025
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Best thing
The match rate for their 401K program is like 5-6%. You get a 25¢ raise every 6 months if you're doing everything right. There's lots of ways and opportunities to rise up, both position and pay-wise. You get a paid 10 minute break and free food every shift.
Worst thing
Turnover can be high at some locations, and closers usually get out around 11:30pm-12am. We aren't supposed to accept tips unless the customer insists. Higher-ups are pretty strict and watch with cameras.
Report this reviewCounter help at Panda Express, July 2025
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Best thing
Friendly work environment.
Worst thing
Management has been a toxic towards each other and to lower end workers as well.
Report this reviewEmployee at Panda Express, June 2025
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Best thing
My coworkers
Worst thing
Guests and managers
Report this reviewShift lead at Panda Express, June 2025
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Best thing
Free food
Worst thing
Being on dishes
Report this reviewBOH at Panda Express, June 2025
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Best thing
Most of my co workers are great and the food is pretty good and that's about it
Worst thing
Management at all levels not realizing that somethings are out of our control and try to make us be perfect and punish us with less hours if we try to fight back
Report this reviewCounter help at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
That it isn’t hard to talk with your team and we work together fine
Worst thing
That sometimes people don’t do their part of the work and we sometimes struggle during rush hour or when we clean
Report this reviewEmployee at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
Always improving and supportive team
Worst thing
Sometimes hard advice and hard conversations
Report this reviewAssistant manager at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
The employees that’s it
Worst thing
Everything else besides the friends you make
Report this reviewFront of house team member at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
Days go by fast
Worst thing
Under staffed
Report this reviewCook supervisor at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
The people I work with!
Worst thing
Poor management
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
The job pay seems pretty good for my age and as a student
Worst thing
The higher up create a toxic environment by creating fear for associates to ask questions without turning it against you. Panda does not respect when you’re off. they expect to tend to the store on your off days and conduct meetings that always over extend.
Report this reviewAssistant manager at Panda Express, May 2025
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Best thing
It's fun and the people are great
Worst thing
Not much training
Report this reviewKitchen worker at Panda Express, April 2025
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Best thing
The food and coworkers
Worst thing
Multiple shifts in a row
Report this reviewBOH at Panda Express, April 2025
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Best thing
The people I work with, for the most part, are really nice and are cool to be around. The work itself isn't all too hard and as long as we have enough people, the day goes well.
Worst thing
We are understaffed a lot and many times the management blames us for being too slow or inefficient while running the front. We get knitpicked a lot for things that aren't important compared to other things. Sometimes our hours are cut because labor is too high but when labor is fine, we are understaffed. The management only really strives for bonuses and not the well being of the employees.
Report this reviewCounter help at Panda Express, April 2025
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Best thing
It's a lovely atmosphere
Worst thing
It gets stressful sometimes
Report this reviewFront of house team member at Panda Express, April 2025
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Best thing
Getting to go home
Worst thing
Managers skimping on hours, random schedule that’s all over the place, extremely stressful and disorganized at times
Report this reviewFront of house team member at Panda Express, April 2025
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Best thing
The experiences
Worst thing
How packed ut gets sometimes
Report this reviewEmployee at Panda Express, March 2025
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Best thing
Pay is good and a lot of customers service
Worst thing
Lunch Rush and customers with attitude
Report this reviewFOH at Panda Express, March 2025
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Best thing
Opportunity to grow and earn more.
Worst thing
Short staffed
Report this reviewStore manager at Panda Express, March 2025
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Best thing
some of the people
Worst thing
the manager, the lack of motivation and intensity
Report this reviewShift lead at Panda Express, March 2025
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Best thing
The benefits and the flexibility of being able to ask for preferred shifts.
Worst thing
Management, work overload + environment, physically + mentally demanding and strenuous, understaffed for limited labor, and competitive promotions among team members.
Report this reviewFront of house at Panda Express, March 2025
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Best thing
We get free food and nice people
Worst thing
Sometimes the work load is a lot especially for being here all day it can get tiring but nothing crazy
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, February 2025
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Best thing
Some of the people I work with.
Worst thing
Hours,manager,understaffing
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, February 2025
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Best thing
talk and work with out getting in trouble
Worst thing
The rush hour but that's normal
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, February 2025
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Best thing
The people I work with some of the coworkers
Worst thing
The managers the schedule and how busy it gets
Report this reviewFront of house team member at Panda Express, February 2025
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Best thing
Co worker(s)
Worst thing
Stress and closing
Report this reviewRestaurant team member at Panda Express, February 2025
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Best thing
We get free meals if while we are working our shift.
Worst thing
I recently got cut down on hours and it has been hard to get more hours. The space for us to work is so cramped and it gets very humid. When it's busy I feel that we don't have enough staff to compensate for the amount of customers so I get overwhelmed and am not able to perform my best.
Report this reviewCashier at Panda Express, January 2025
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Worst thing
Not getting off on time
Report this reviewRestaurant team member at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
Most people I work with are nice and understanding.
Worst thing
Upper management couldn’t give a care in the world about us, most of us have only gotten two raises in the last three years. Everything gets pushed to the closing shift to do/clean and we aren’t even allowed to take tips when people want to give it to us unless we say no first. Only reason I’m here is the pay is better than most places right now.
Report this reviewCounter help at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
The pay
Worst thing
The managers and customers
Report this reviewShift leader at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
My coworkers
Worst thing
Company wanting us to go above and beyond for a high stress and low pay environment.
Report this reviewKitchen worker at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
Competitive pay in the fast food industry
Worst thing
Staying late to clean and meal time rushes.
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
pay and me being used to the place
Worst thing
hours. and being able to things during the day because shift usually lands from 12 pm to 10 pm
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, January 2025
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Best thing
The crew is like a family
Worst thing
I have alot of things to do
Report this reviewBOH at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
Pay and healthy work environment and coworkers
Worst thing
Workload can get overwhelming at times causing employees to have to stay later than scheduled
Report this reviewKitchen helper at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
The people who work there and the pay
Worst thing
The managers and the hours
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
Pay $17
PTO is given
Free food during lunch breakWorst thing
Transferring to other stores is the impossible
Requests are ignored
Promises are not keptReport this reviewKitchen helper at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
Free food
Worst thing
They threatening you every morning if you don't get it right you'll get fired
Report this reviewCook at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
Free food
Worst thing
The workload never ends
Report this reviewCounter help at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
The people
Worst thing
The higher ups
Report this reviewKitchen helper at Panda Express, December 2024
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Best thing
pay
Worst thing
the job itself is demanding
Report this reviewKitchen worker at Panda Express, December 2024