TSFR Applebee's Franchise - Manager Applebee's Employee Review

1.0
10 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary was good for the industry. Worked many years for a great Area director. Until regions were switched.

Cons

Leadership team that lacks the understanding to run sit down restaurants, squeezing profit out of the buildings at the expense of guest service, unrealistic budgets, creates core values (employer of choice) yet has no meaningful action to make this reality, HR is biased and associates with staff outside of business, constant changes to leadership, leadership came from another restaurant and has moved most original staff out to hire friends from last restaurant franchise (TGIF), high accountability with no support, concerned with looking good instead of being good. (Don't work for TSFR AppleVenture).

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5.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of shift opportunities to make additional money

Cons

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3.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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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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