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"I love developing people to be their best. I also enjoy the challenges involved with finding the proper solutions to problems that I see coming down the road, and taking an immediate course correction. There is nothing I really hate about being GM. There are some frustrating moments, but that's true with everything. The trick is, to turn it into a positive, and make it into a gain."
Posted 11 years ago in Beaufort, SC
General Manager at Panda Express
in Miami, FL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I won't refer my friend to work here."

What do you like about working at Panda Express?

"Health benefit, vacation pay, free meal every six hours shift."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I don't have anything to say, they are all fake."

What don't you like about working at Panda Express?

"Hard work, pressure, stressful, no work life balance, no growth opportunity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"For aco & up, be authentic, open minded, no bias or favorism."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
General Manager at Applebee's
in Stafford, VA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"One of the worst groups I have ever had displeasure of working for."

What do you like about working at Applebee's?

"I only had to see my AD twice a month."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't even think about it, unless working for a group that has no idea what they are doing."

What don't you like about working at Applebee's?

"Above the GM level the leadership is clueless, and unprofessional."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Drug test your new hires, accept responsibility for your poor hiring choices."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
General Manager at Rohrich Automotive Group
in Pittsburgh, PA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Owner is rarely there, when there he hides in his office"

What do you like about working at Rohrich Automotive Group?

"My fellow employees were great people and fun to work with"

What don't you like about working at Rohrich Automotive Group?

"Owner was missing in action, but wanted to to make all the decisions"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Owner should either join the team or step aside and let his managers manage"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
General Manager at Boloco
in Boston, MA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I really enjoy working for boloco"

What do you like about working at Boloco?

"Flexibility of schedule with the possibility of attending school or other learning function"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"you have to be passionate about food and enjoy working with others"

What don't you like about working at Boloco?

"the lack of written policies to enforce discipline and excellency"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Implementation of systems. Also make more friendly user the hiring process for team members."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
General Manager at Dosey Doe
in The Woodlands, TX

What do you like about working at Dosey Doe?

"Very unique concept, ablility to meet incredible artist. Wonderful food."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great concept, cool music. Must be a hard worker with an open mind when applying."

What don't you like about working at Dosey Doe?

"Long hours at times. Lack of benefits. Not your conventional restaurant."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. The owner does what needs to be done to run a successful business."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
General Manager at Nebraska Engineering Co.
in Omaha, NE

What do you like about working at Nebraska Engineering Co.?

"the opportunity to grow the company and the freedom to make choices without Corporates approval"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"ensure that the group culture continues to a be team atmosphere"

What don't you like about working at Nebraska Engineering Co.?

"the lack of corporate involvement and communciation to the group"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate more often and be involved more with the goals of the organization"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Big Blue Builders
in Fort Mill, SC

What do you like about working at Big Blue Builders?

"I was the owner of the company, I liked everything about it"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, be sure to be up front and honest, never claim you can do something you cannot."

What don't you like about working at Big Blue Builders?

"Nothing, due to the economical downturn I had to consider alternate income sources"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, being the owner if I felt a change needed to be made I made it"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Pearle Vision
in Boulder, CO

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"There has been change of the years but I have enjoyed the changes."

What do you like about working at Pearle Vision?

"I love helping people and being able to help them see clearly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open to change since the retail environment is always changing."

What don't you like about working at Pearle Vision?

"The availability to move up in the company has been a big challenge, since this is something that I have wanted."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow your associates to have some say in what happens in the day-to-day operations and let them share their ideas."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Benjamin's Restaurant
in Durham, NH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Moved from waitress to GM - Learned more than I can express in words"

What do you like about working at Benjamin's Restaurant?

"Family environment where everyone was on your team at all times, patrons and employees"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, know someone who works there. It does not exist anymore so it would be hard to get a job there now"

What don't you like about working at Benjamin's Restaurant?

"Long Hours on my feet, I was married to this company for many years. Loved it while I was doing it though."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Wish the owner did not close the restaurant, but really had no way of knowing it was happening. Very secretive even though be we were profitable"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems
in Benton, AR

What do you like about working at Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems?

"Co-workers and GM's at other facilities. Benefit package and vacation time."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always present a professional demeanor, be honest and upfront with them."

What don't you like about working at Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems?

"Limited growth potential for General Managers. Tremendous amount of red tape for some issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide more one on one training for new GM's, either by phone or a mentoring program."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
General Manager at West Marine
in Watsonville, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great"

What do you like about working at West Marine?

"the ability to take care of customer in the way that worked best for the customer."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"know about boats and the porducts needed on boats before the interview."

What don't you like about working at West Marine?

"There was nothing I did not like about working for the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No visits on the known busy sales days, with out advanced notice."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Pardon My French
in Bloomington, MN

What do you like about working at Pardon My French?

"Freedom. Even though the owners were watching, they allowed me to manage the place any way that I saw fit. If it ment changing vendors to cut costs to staffing, they let me make those decissions as long as I kept with in their assinged budgets"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The biggest tip that I would give people, is be yourself. That is all that we really are looking for."

What don't you like about working at Pardon My French?

"As of Sunday January 13th I will be out of a job as it is going out of business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The biggest suggestion that I would have given them is before you go off and invest in a new property, know your business."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Hewlett-Packard
in Chicago, IL

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"My account, R&D and delivery teams are committed and push to provide value add to my customers. There is also a real love of technology and innovation even though the management is Old School."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be clear on whether the opportunity moves you in the direction you want to go. Then, if it does, ask yourself how much hassle you are willing to put up with (e.g. is it okay to only do the stuff you like < 10% of the time)"

What don't you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Politics and jockeying to keep your current role, perks, titles when the company needs to embrace change to survive make the job difficult. I report my forecasts 6 different ways every week because no one can agree on a single approach to measuring business performance. So, our brand suffers and we are target practice for any journalist trying to cut his teeth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Align all of the business units to work together to optimize business results instead of operating in silos. The internal competition is counter productive and causes frustration which leads to apathy. That apathy shows in our products, sales efforts and our ability to compete with companies that are more unified."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
General Manager at Best Buy
in Minneapolis, MN

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Best Buy was a company that was open to listening to employee and customer ideas."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To successfully interview with the company it is important that you like people."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"The opportunity for current growth. The company is struggling and I am looking for better opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I am always sharing creative ideas to better serve the customers, with in specific categories."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager at Steak 'n Shake
in Roswell, GA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Vast and Diverse"

What do you like about working at Steak 'n Shake?

"The Guests, my associates and rewards that I see in the overall performance of our Restaurant"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None at this time, it has to be a good fit for each individual"

What don't you like about working at Steak 'n Shake?

"Short Mgmt Staff and balance of lifestyle that I feel a person"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Utilize the ability to train and look at current needs and perhaps change recruiting criteria"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
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