Low Morale, Avoid - Anonymous employee Denny's Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Coke Freestyle Casual dress code

Cons

It's hard to get excited and be motivated working for a brand that cannot even keep their local restaurants running smoothly. Lots of time and money have been poured bringing in GMs and managers from out of state to help turn around the local restaurants. OPERATIONS and TRAINING are the weakest links in this organizations. Yes, it's a challenging landscape being a 24/7 restaurant, but it's also frustrating to hear that most complaints stem from abysmal service, subpar preparation of food and filthy restaurants. Reorg in IT department. Hired lots of overpaid positions. No rhyme or reason on how/why some employees get promoted and others do not.

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Pros

Fun place to work and learn

Cons

Very long hours no breaks

2.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

The restaurant was always kept clean. I loved most of my coworkers and miss working with them.

Cons

Every day was a dumpster fire. It was a very chaotic restaurant. Most of my employment was spent with the owners, cutting corners with broken equipment (fridges, coffee makers, sinks), and not enough kitchen knives or containers to complete sidework. There were never enough hours to go around for the number of servers, but we were always required to be available every weekend and holiday. The kitchen was disorganized, so food was prepared at different times for the same table. Pancakes would be made after eggs were cooked, so items would come out cold. It is a busy restaurant on the weekend, so food would be left dying in the window because management would refuse to help run trays out to tables, resulting in upset customers regarding the long wait times and cold food. The small ticket tabs and pissed customers led to low tips. The stress wasn't worth the small paycheck.

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