Waffle House reviews

Pay you just well enough to keep you where you are - easy to become complacent. Too busy to have a life outside of work, too busy to look for other work . On call 24/7, even on days off. High stress. Constant demand from up line managers. High turnover for employee base as well as up line management. I was a district manager for 15 years and I had 13 division managers and 9 area managers - all got fired or quit. Almost all of them were toxic narcissists and/or sociopathic and/or highly autistic (seems to be a requirement for moving up). You will eventually be conned into doing something against company policy at some point by upline management - they all start off high and mighty but eventually they all break the rules and then will blame you when something goes wrong. The district manager role in this company is the hardest job in the company, you get 100% of the blame for everything and zero credit.

This year's off season has been more of a challenge than most and customer quantity as well as tip quality has been quite scarce. In the past, overtime was always accepted because the company is frequently short staffed at many local locations. However, the ownership of the company - being passed through inheritance to grandchildren - has almost completely omitted these opportunities during the off season. This makes it very hard to make ends meet for all servers during these times, resulting in crew resignations as well as the search for another source of income. Waffle House after midnight can often create controversy amongst the vast array of customer characters that come in from bars, boats, and every single US coast line. Sometimes the anxiety involved can be overwhelming. However, my only real "Waffle Woe" (as I call them) is not making a livable wage when gifted tips or customer volume is not high enough. Doing without household necessities or even being able to keep up with basic rent while working a 40 hour weekend and being off but available the rest of the week makes for a depressing mindset during what is most often a mentally difficult time year.