Is Silver Diner a good company to work for?

Silver Diner has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 219 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 6% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Silver Diner to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Silver Diner have been left by employees working as Server , Manager and Server/Waiter .

Does Silver Diner pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Silver Diner employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Silver Diner. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Silver Diner?

70% of Silver Diner employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Silver Diner 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Silver Diner?

Server (77) , Server/Waiter (28) , Manager (12) , Host (8) , Server/Waitress (7) , Host/Hostess (6) , Hostess (6) , Server/Bartender (5) , Waitress (4) , Supervisor (3) , Corporate Trainer (2) , Hospitality Manager (2) , Kitchen Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at Silver Diner according to real employee reviews?

"It's good money if you do your job well but no guarantee cause most people don't understand that servers rely on tips and tips alone." ((in 19 reviews)); "The people are nice" ((in 13 reviews)); "Great coworkers and managers." ((in 12 reviews)); "good people and friendly staff" ((in 11 reviews)); "good pay and lots of hours" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Silver Diner according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and I don’t know" ((in 16 reviews)); "Long hours and weekends commitment" ((in 13 reviews)); "No benefits until after working almost a year for them, and must work full time 30+ hours constantly to qualify for said benefits." ((in 3 reviews)); "Mild favoritism for who gets the good sections, however it was mostly the people who showed up late and were disrespectful to management who got the bad sections, so even if you're not a favorite you'll still get the decent middle ones" ((in 3 reviews)); "Don’t pay you or reward for using your own time off to study for it." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Silver Diner locations?

Rockville , Gaithersburg , Bwi Airport , Cherry Hill , Springfield , Greenbelt , Fairfax , Merrifield , Washington , Frederick , Tysons Corner , Ashburn , Reston , Bethesda , Columbia , Woodmore , Glen Allen , Richmond , Alexandria , Arlington , Woodbridge , Laurel , Waldorf , Pennsauken , Norfolk , Virginia Beach , Falls Church , Fredericksburg , Leesburg , Baltimore

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Silver Diner reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(213 total reviews)

Bob Giaimo

79% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Work/Life balance

Silver Diner has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 213 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Silver Diner employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

213 reviews

2.0

Mar 14, 2023

bad management

Server

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good money , good work enviorment

Cons

bad staff no management support ,

Silver Diner Response

Thank you for your honest feedback. We pride ourselves in our managers leading by example, and a lack of support is not in line with our company standards. We are always looking for ways to improve as a company and at each location individually and will be looking how we can support and develop or managers to be better support to their staff.

3.0

Mar 8, 2023

Stressful But fun

Server/waitress salesperson

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting coworkers made it fun. Pretty good management and customer interactions.

Cons

Can be stressful environment and some competition for tables between servers makes it difficult to not step on toes.

Silver Diner Response

Thank you for your valuable feedback. We empower and entrust our hosts and managers to do a fair table rotation for the servers. Servers should always have clearly defined sections and not be directly competing for tables in the rotation. We will be working with our management teams to make sure this doesn't happen in the future. Featuring a dish and drink each week is a part of our daily warm-ups. If this is not being done, then the management team was not conducting warm-ups to the company standard. We will reinforce the importance of including the featured food item(s) at every warm-up with our management teams.

4.0

Feb 27, 2023

host

Host

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good people and friendly staff

Cons

might be overwhelming depending on location

Silver Diner Response

Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear that your fellow staff is friendly and full of good people. We take pride in our strong, positive culture in each restaurant. We have been adopting new technologies and leadership development to help with support and keep the busy meal periods from becoming overwhelming. If you have ideas that can help with the workflow, please speak with your managers about them and we can work on becoming better together.

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