Unit Manager - Unit Manager Waffle House Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Supervisor experience, nothing was really positive about the experience. The pay is decent but very unstable, your pay grade is change every few weeks tricking you into getting paid less and less.

Cons

Often times you are talked to any kind of way despite sales increases. Employees to turn you An your District Managers against each other. The company babies their hourly associates they can steal and without an without a paper trail will be allowed to stay or transferred to another unit. Pay is very unstable, they literally switch your pay scale every 3 weeks in order for the company to get the upper hand. You are forced to pay shortages for missing food and your bonuses can be minimized or lowered for not hitting food cost targets. So basically it's a lose, lose situation. Waffle House will profit no matter what because they take the money from Managers either way you look at it. If you want a stable paying environment this is not for you. Barely anytime with family An paid less for more hours. If an associate calls out you are forced to work it to avoid overtime.... so your division can build his check...... they look at it like a good thing the company waste no money having a manager work an hourly position..... Waffle House does not go by labor. Holidays people always call out so you are forced to work doubles sometime triples........... not worth it

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Solid pay for the industry Okay benefits Employee stock purchase plan Pretty consistent hours The actual work is difficult, but fun after you get good at it. Upward momentum is difficult, but the pay scales very well if you work your way up into management. Prepare for intense work if you do though.

Cons

They hire everyone, and your team will make or break your experience. Genuine safety concerns on 3rd shift. You need to be prepared for people to act out. Senior management only have operation management skills. They are not good "people" managers at all. Only "number" managers.

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