Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,098 total reviews)

Walt Ehmer

76% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Waffle House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,098 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waffle House employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jan 11, 2015

Good management experience

Recommend
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Pros

Set schedule after training (6:30 am to 3:00 pm) six days working and two days off. Excellent upper management support. Compensation base on performance ($3000 is the minimum before taxes in the period. It can be more depending on performance). Excellent training program with hands on the job. Excellent meal policy (you can eat as much as you want during your shift). Stock ownership. Opportunities for advancement. Easy business to understand after training.

Cons

Open 24/7. It is only one manager for the whole restaurant during firsts and part of second shift. The manager is always on call. High turn over rate. Difficult to staff. It is the manager responsibility to cover the shift if nobody else can work it. Poor benefits package. Management main duty is to cook (this make difficult to supervise the business).

3.0
Oct 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

People on the restaurant level are hard working and amiable. After being in unit for a while the employees come to be like your children. Restaurants are clean, for the most part, and the customers make it worth showing up for work, usually.

Cons

Your personal life is a thing of the past, once you drink the kool-ade. Upper management help with problems do not exist, paper trail demands are too great, and if you do not "take one for the team" you are deemed subversive. Policies are only upheld to the benefit of the company, and once the paper trail starts on you, you must start looking for other employment.

1.0
Aug 9, 2014

Be Careful....

Recommend
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Pros

Free food up front, close to my apartment.

Cons

Untrustworthy management, ruthless servers, bad work environment, I feel like an outcast.

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