Is Waffle House a good company to work for?

Waffle House has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 4,225 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 55% of employees would recommend working at Waffle House to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Waffle House have been left by employees working as Recruiting Director , Relief Manager and Customer Service .

Does Waffle House pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Waffle House employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Waffle House. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Waffle House?

55% of Waffle House employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Waffle House 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waffle House?

Server (479) , Unit Manager (388) , Server/Waiter (284) , Salesperson (224) , Grill Operator (168) , Server/Waitress (163) , District Manager (134) , Waitress (122) , Cook (98) , Line Cook (84) , Sales Associate (82) , Manager (77) , Master Grill Operator (72) , Sales Person (56) , Rockstar Grill Operator (53)

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

"Shifts go by very fast and money is good" ((in 256 reviews)); "pay is ok and people are great" ((in 159 reviews)); "Free food and quite on slow days" ((in 102 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 99 reviews)); "so is the people watching and my coworkers are great" ((in 66 reviews))

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

"Poor management the deduct money from ur check u make 2.15 a hr as a server in some places" ((in 242 reviews)); "Long hours and physically demanding" ((in 175 reviews)); "No managers on third shift at waffle house EVER!" ((in 119 reviews)); "No work life balance it begins to be a task to handle other duties or personal events" ((in 93 reviews)); "Horrible Upper management in my district" ((in 81 reviews))

What are employees saying about Waffle House layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Waffle House locations?

Atlanta , Norcross , Jacksonville , Houston , Nashville , Mobile , Columbia , New Orleans , Birmingham , Raleigh , Greenville , Tampa , Huntsville , Louisville , Dallas , Charlotte , Orlando , Macon , Little Rock , Baton Rouge , Tallahassee , Cincinnati , Pensacola , Savannah , Columbus , Charleston , Marietta , Columbus , Saint Louis , Fayetteville

Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,099 total reviews)

Walt Ehmer

75% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Waffle House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,099 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

4.0

Mar 31, 2014

Great pay and benefits, but people can make or break the experience.

Unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Private stock options start on day 1 (exercisable 10 yrs later) Great benefits affordability (depending on Obamacare changes) Vacations and days off planned one year in advance Constantly and aggressively expanding - $1B company with ZERO debt!

Cons

Time off can change or flux due to weather/events; work ALL holidays, especially Christmas Commute can be a pain, especially if you're not flexible enough to move People will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat, be it members of management, or your own associates

1.0

Mar 28, 2014

Not worth your life.

Multi unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can make a living wage. You are allowed to run a business. Given time to make mistakes, and learn from them Good bonds between most managers

Cons

Zero appreciation of work/family balance. Promotion standards advertised are lies if you want to get promoted kiss ass. Poor at scheduling upcoming meetings far enough to plan for them Senior management responds emotionally not professionally Store managers are babied then district and division level are treated poorly. Region and up can do no wrong (just ask them) Bonuses are being damaged by company growth and the company doesn't care that its people who have allowed growth are suffering.

2.0

Mar 20, 2014

No personal life Ever! Kiss your kids goodbye

Unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Room for advancement. Also it will teach you a lot about running a business

Cons

Need to allow managers to have a personal life. When you become a unit manager you have a decent salary depending on your sales in your unit but after you look at the amount of hours you work. You hourly rate ends up being maybe $10 an hour and this happen pretty much every week. Forget weekends and holidays with friends and family. Once you agree to Waffle house they own you and they will get their monies worth. Just beware if you join this company. Oh yea kiss your kids goodbye hopefully you will see them before they graduate high school.

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Great pay and benefits, but people can make or break the experience.

Not worth your life.

No personal life Ever! Kiss your kids goodbye

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