Subway reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(22,229 total reviews)
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Trevor Haynes

58% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Subway has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 22,229 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Subway 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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22K reviews
3.0
Jan 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only decent thing for working at subways is 50% of the food

Cons

Working at subway is stressful and you need to be quick with making the sandwiches.

1.0
Jan 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work for the #1 quick service franchise in the world. Health benefits were decent. Location was great if you have a car (free parking). Random Subway "gifts" through out the year. Decent Salary (although not paid enough to deal with the office politics). Regular 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri hours.

Cons

Salary too low to deal with office politics. Zero room to grow in the company. Office drama. Poor management. EXTREME favouritism. Toxic work environment. No one backs you up when you're right. HR located in US so they always fall back on office manager which gets swept under the rug. Boss is quick to yell at you and TWIST your words so you sound like you're insulting her all the time. Only 30 minute lunch (timed) so not much time if you don't bring a lunch. only 7 minute breaks. If you're on time but system take long to load to punch in you're considered late.

5.0
Jan 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free 6 inch sub every 5+ hour shift However this rule remained even if you had a 10+ hour shift

Cons

-Minimum wage (£3.69) is ridiculous for the amount of work and responsibilities you are constantly loaded with. - Lack of training. My 'training' consisted of being thrown straight into work and learning off others already working there. - Way too many things to do at once; most of the time it would be left understaffed leaving it impossible for just two of you to complete all work as well as serving customers. - On more than one occasion I (and other staff) have been put on a shift by ourselves.. Since when has it been suitable to leave ONE sandwich to run an entire subway store? - Constantly asked to cover and swap shifts even after the rota has been sorted. Then when you explain you've already made plans around your initial shifts, you're frowned upon and made to look a 'pain'. - Complete lack of respect for all sandwich artists, expected to do the impossible. Literally the worst place to work - would rather have no job than a job at Subway.

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