Is Subway a good company to work for?

Subway has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 25,191 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 52% of employees would recommend working at Subway to a friend and 37% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Subway have been left by employees working as Intern , Artist and Front End Cashier .

Does Subway pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Subway employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Subway. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Subway?

52% of Subway employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Subway 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Subway?

Sandwich Artist (10006) , Manager (672) , Sandwhich Artist (670) , Cashier (499) , Store Manager (453) , Assistant Manager (445) , Sandwich Maker (308) , Atendente (306) , Crew Member (225) , Senior Sandwich Artist (213) , Supervisor (190) , Shift Leader (167) , General Manager (140) , Sales Associate/Cashier (132) , Shift Supervisor (110)

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

"Free food and the ability to get whatever shift that you want and there is never a shortage of hours." ((in 1059 reviews)); "It was good to have as a first job and the hours are flexible. ." ((in 1040 reviews)); "You get free lunch and it’s a really easy job the people are nice and the leads are fantastic" ((in 707 reviews)); "Great boss and coworkers." ((in 582 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and human and understand that youre a person who has their own problems too and have to deal with them sometimes" ((in 374 reviews))

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

"The pay was low and typically only 1 or 2 ppl were scheduled during a shift." ((in 2048 reviews)); "poor management and lots of miscommunication" ((in 1352 reviews)); "Bad manager and too controlling" ((in 628 reviews)); "No benefits of working here and you are expected to put lots of work in for little reward." ((in 381 reviews)); "Minimum wage only for such a busy job with a lot of work to do." ((in 343 reviews))

What are employees saying about Subway layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Subway layoffs and their outlook for job security at Subway in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Subway locations?

Los Angeles , New York , Houston , San Diego , Milford , Chicago , Atlanta , Phoenix , Miami , Las Vegas , San Antonio , Dallas , Orlando , Portland , Charlotte , Seattle , Tampa , Sacramento , Indianapolis , Columbus , Detroit , Austin , Cleveland , Jacksonville , Denver , San Jose , Virginia Beach , Colorado Springs , Pittsburgh , Kansas City

Subway reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(22,221 total reviews)

Trevor Haynes

58% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Compensation and benefits

Subway has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 22,221 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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Reviews by job title

22K reviews

3.0

Dec 13, 2012

A fun step on the journey towards other things.

Master sandwich artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Working with valued customers -Easy to balance work/personal life. -Great food. -Easy, simple work.

Cons

-More likely to work with management with low-level ability. Unqualified, micromanaging. -Implementation of new products and unnecessary prep methods in-store that don't meet real needs or overly complicate things.

5.0

Dec 12, 2012

six month experience good customer and customer satisfaction of this organisation.

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good apportunity gud food and meals is health full sandwitches all wordls no.1 company of subway restaurant.

Cons

one person only downside work at area manager

2.0

Dec 9, 2012

Terrible

Shift leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, always a fun day with right people working. Great communication and leeway with things, always got a day off when requested a head of time. Great manager. Free food and drinks whenever.

Cons

Very very long hours at times for me an average day would consist of starting at 10:00 am or so and not leaving until about 12am-1am that night. Was typecast for days and hours always worked weekends for 6 months straight no weekends off EVER. Slow to rehire back employees when others quit or get fired. You're given more shifts and overtime cause of that not pleasant . Pay is minimum not worth the time to work there IMO. Customers are the worst sometimes seeking some sort of entitlement and giving advice on how to run things there. Overall not a bad place to work at if desperate or first job wouldn't recommend it otherwise. Hours and schedule are a bit odd either you get too many or very little never an in between there. Very little room to move up unless you become chumy with bosses and such. No benefits what so ever.

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