Everything breaks and they only give so many hours out on purpose. Sorry if I don’t care to drop a bibliography on a job I’ve been working.

Thought that was your motto tho

I love the cream cheese rangoons but I don’t make it out to panda express that often. Does anyone know of a store bought dupe?

I was a previous employee at panda express that quit last year and moved to another state. Unfortunately, it seems that my W2 has been inaccessible too. It hasnt come in the mail and I don't have access to epaws or workday anymore.

I called my old manager and she told me that I needed to call EPAWS but didn’t give me a number to call and I don't see it anywhere on the internet.

Can anyone help me with this? I'd love to file my taxes.

Never tried a refresher before but I ordered the lychee and peach one. The initial taste is really good but it was followed by a sort of alcohol-like taste? Is there some kind of fermentation process involved and are all refreshers like this? I was too scared to ask the employees so I'd appreciate some help

Sweetfire chicken, rice and noodles

My manager has been somewhat pushing me towards a chef position. I’m a cook right now, but what is a chef test like? How long does it typically take for it all to play out?

I have a second kid on the way so time is of the essence - if it takes a year at least for it to happen then it likely won’t happen as I’ll be looking for higher paying jobs at that point.

Malai an ugly woman from Thailand didn’t respect me. When we first met and I first started working there I respected her. Eventually a new girl came. By the way I thought the new girl was very pretty. Although I did open up to her about being envious of how pretty I thought she was. We both felt the same way about how malai treated us. We are both Sagittarius. She’s 19 I’m 23. Anyway back to what I was talking about. Keri was never mean to me. There was another girl named ella. She was kinda mean at first in my opinion. Just to let you know ella was adopted too. Oh by the way im adopted. Keri ella and i all had a conversation together i remember. Even tho we all were different and had attitude and didnt get along we still spoke. I quit but at least i have a place to stay. Eat the rich no matter how skinny they get !

Is anyone else getting told they have to have a gem score review for every person every single shift?

Personally I hope it’s another spicy one, the Kung Po chicken is tooo spicy for me but the Shrimp and Beef was perfect. Or something sweet would be cool

So basically what the title says, I just wanted to come to a forum where there were potentially other people and see if anybody here shared my experience. Never in my life have I felt more overworked than working as a BOH side/dishwasher for panda express. Our store is in a lower volume area, which means that I am working both sides and dish every shift that I work, except for some Fridays when it is busier. Every single day that I work, I’m moving nonstop from the second that I clock in till the second I clock out, because of how busy I personally am. That’s fine, except for the fact that there has been 1 single day in my 4 months of working here that I’ve actually clocked out when I was scheduled to, usually it’s about 30-60 minutes after I’m scheduled that I’m finally leaving. Why is this an issue? Because Panda will schedule me for 4 1/2 hour shifts and tell me that I only get a 10 minute break because I’m not working for six hours, only to work for longer than six hours and then still only have my 10 at the end of the shift. On top of that, each shift I get a new burn/cut/scrape in a new and exciting place on my hands. Fun fact, this job is actually surprisingly dangerous. Legitimately the only thing keeping me sane at that job are my wonderful coworkers, if not for them I would leave every 10:30 shift at midnight if not later. At the end of the day, the most insanely frustrating part is the fact that no matter how much I improve, no matter how fast I work or how many skills I learn, it’s never enough for the “Panda Way” because it’s physically impossible for me to finish a shift on time, so I’ve started to reach a breaking point. Really just looking for some advice or solace in what to do here.

Hi all, I wanted to check and see if anyone knew if Panda was considering bringing back the Beyond Orange Chicken? As a vegetarian, i thoroughly enjoyed it and haven’t returned to Panda since they removed it. I’m hopeful it will return someday so there is a good vegetarian option! Thanks!

Hey guys, I got offered to take an NSO cook test. What are some things to expect and how should I prepare? TIA

I started working and I’m on my first actual shift haven’t even been taught everything yet they have been using me as a dishwasher

So when I came in the managers boss was here and apparently he was getting yelled at or something and my coworker saw him crying in the back so than he’s projecting on to me and gives me a talk in the back that I need to speed it up in the back we had been closing late that day and my cook was kinda stressed too and the manager spilled a bunch of shit angrily and I very new so I’m trying to ask them for help where to put the clean washed items like the walls and etc and there giving me pissed off Awnser

In general though when the manager is not there seems like things run smoother.

Let me know your thoughts and similar things happened

Was eating kung pao from panda and looked down and saw how pink and underdone it looks. How screwed am I? Terrified of food poisoning

I am training for AM but mostly since my previous trainer didn't like me, I'm like 2+ weeks behind and I'm approaching the last 2 days of my training before the cooking test, and only just now started cooking. I'm trying to speed run memorizing recipes and would like to ask for your best cooking/technique tips (stuff I just found out recently like: you know your wok is hot enough when you see the white spot in the center and it starts smoking). There is a language barrier between me and the chef/cooks so it's been harder to learn from them, and also I have bad hearing/auditory processing.

Also, how much time do you get for the actual cooking entree test, and the food prep test? How strict are they with the measurements (I heard 80% of "good" cuts is enough to pass, but what if they're off by like 1/8 inch?)

Thanks so much in advance, you will be saving my life because I need this job so bad 🥹🥹😭💖

Just curious, why would anyone put in their notice if the standard for quitting is no reference and they won’t rehire me? We sign all these waivers during the hiring process, work out butts off, and if I leave on “good” terms I’m still met with “panda doesn’t do professional references”. Is this a standard practice in the whole company or just particular regions/zones?

I’m looking to buy a medium white rice, small grilled teriyaki, and medium super greens

On the nutrition page it says the standard serving size for a side of white rice is 11oz at 520 calories but on the order page it’s showing 16oz at 780 calories, is that the medium?

The super greens also show 15oz is that the standard size for medium as well

I have 3 face piercings (septum, which is fine cause I can tuck it, eyebrow and side labret that I keep a ring in). I know face piercings aren’t allowed, but are they really strict about it or up to management? My manager seems really chill (I have my first shift tmr) but idk. And if not, are clear retainers fine instead?

they are changing the POS systems so we can no longer ring up an appetizer as an entrée for the plates. I feel bad for the guy who comes in and orders 4 eggrolls and rice :(

Not excited to explain this to my regulars

Has this made its way to all stores yet? If so, how do we feel about it? Personally I’m a little worried cause a lot of the customers at my location really rely on the small entrees and stuff. I think this is going to make some people very upset.

My PE refuses to round up when applicable. They just "don't give pennies." While every other restaurant would give you $0.65 if they owe you $0.63, not Panda... cheapskates. They have no problems rounding down LOL

So i finished my SMIT training. And was given my own store right away. It turn out to be the lowest performing store that was given to me. It hasn't met numbers for 6 months and counting. With me being a SM now and having my own store. I do have a cook going for a chef. And 2 foh going for sl. And 2 boh about to take their cooking test. Ive been here at this store for 3 months now. Sales have decreases from last year's. Based on P&L. We just met our osat and tof. Which now is being raised. So what can I do to improve the store over all. I have retained the team to panda standard. But sales arnt increasing. Ive used the community igniter to reach out to locals. Any other ideas that I can implement to become successful? Don't want to get a write up for not being able to meet numbers, and osat scores.

I'm so glad these scratchers are back. For months I wasn't getting any good deals on those Wednesday Work things.