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Sonic Drive-In reviews

3.2

38% would recommend to a friend

(336 total reviews)

Jerry Stanfill

58% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Sonic Drive-In has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 336 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sonic Drive-In 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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336 reviews
3.0
Nov 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun could be better for more money

Cons

Minimun wage need more money

3.0
Oct 18, 2025

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

i made some good tips

Cons

the environment was catty and uncomfortable

1.0
Oct 6, 2025

Very bad place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sometimes chill managers and co-workers

Cons

Very unprofessional, managers are toxic and there is definitely some illegal stuff going on at my location. Shift leads would ask you to re-use styrofoam cups to save money and they didn't want you cleaning the ice cream machine after every use, causing cross-contamination. You get your own individual cash registers and only the managers are allowed to count them at the end of every shift, making you stay longer and making you pay back anything short. One of the managers would steal tips from newbies by scanning their card but making the newbie take out the order and would do it often. Would also be rude and yell at the teenage girl workers but be totally chill with other older men. You will get called constantly when off work and called in all the time. One time they called me in, then cancelled, then called me in again. You will get sent home the millisecond it's remotely slow. If you're on drive-thru, you will not get any help from coworkers in a huge rush. They're also crazy stingy, you can't get any sort of free food even if you worked 12 hours. The most you get is a free small cup you have to reuse and you get %50 only if you get a full meal combo. You have to pay full price for any ice cream or lemonade. They don't care about their workers and the manager who harasses girls is best buds with the GM, so they don't care. It's also just incredibly stressful working there, as you have to do drive-thru, drive-in, and inside the store orders. The workers were all miserable because of how awful it is.

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