Pros
Learn to operate every single aspect of a business on ridiculously lean numbers. I almost always maxed out on my paycheck because I crushed numbers (quickly rising to the top).
Cons
Waffle House severely abuses (not physically, calm down) it's managers. They will grind every single ounce of time, energy, and spirit out of you; all in the name of "taking ownership" of your unit(s). "Taking ownership" translated means, cutting the grass at the restaurant, cleaning up blood and from gunshots in your unit at 3 AM on a Saturday morning. Doing the bulk of maintenance repairs in your store, etc. I typically worked 65-75 hours a week, which wouldn't be near as bad as the reality if those were straight hours; they aren't, those hours are broken up throughout the day and night..... All managers are REQUIRED to work literally EVERY holiday! It doesn't matter how high you climb the ladder, you will NEVER have another Christmas or Thanksgiving off, again. They manipulate young managers with empty promises of promotions and pie in the sky "performance based salary," but that's only if your hit every single bonus for that pay period. Once you figure out that Waffle House is all smoke and mirrors and dangles "golden carrots," they have you! By that point, you're working so many hours that you're to physically exhausted to look for another job! You are almost a slave, seriously......Better suited for a single person. They lie to people with families by saying "you'll beat the kids home from school, everyday!" They are a deceitful bunch. Finally, the "performance based pay" plan for management, incentivizes corruption within the entire WH system, due to the ease in manipulating the figures for the restaurants (Units) that you are responsible for. The performance numbers are self reported, by management. If a unit manager fudges his numbers to attain the next threshold of bonuses, it also financially benefits his district manager to turn a blind eye....same with the division manager, area, etc etc. This breeds a culture of immorality and corruption; a far cry from the "family friendly company" they taught themselves as. It's all lies.
