Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,103 total reviews)

Walt Ehmer

75% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Waffle House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,103 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
4.0
Jun 27, 2023

Loved this job.

Recommend
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Pros

Soooo many hours. I'd sometimes get like 80 a week. Great people and the work is a nice blend of very busy and relaxed so you actually enjoy your shifts.

Cons

Low pay if you're doing a shift as a server. Lots of drunk people at night and large families in the morning, it can get packed so easily and sometimes you'd have to run a packed restaurant with only 2 people in the building and this has gone wrong many times if a new person is scheduled. ALSO i had to train people most of the time which isn't really a problem except this one time i had to train a man (for a management position) making 3x more than me where he refused to learn anything so i had to cook, serve and clean the entire restaurant which was actually the worst management experience i had there (which is a plus)

2.0
May 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

401k Health insurance 2 vacations a year Salary is good but I personally felt it was not enough for everything you have to do.

Cons

Work every Holiday. Little to no family time Your days off really are not your days off. When you leave the store you have to go back 3 nights a week for shift change. Once during the week and 2 nights on the weekend. You’re not really off when you leave. You are responsible for EVERYTHING. They count EVERYTHING. And if it’s missing you will have to pay for it. They Will literally take it out your check. No up line support.

4.0
May 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The pay, benefits, retirement and days off are great compared to other fast food restaurants, even though they we are not fast food, everything is made fresh! Support and hierarchy are good as well!

Cons

They are so attached to the old ways and to the “Show” of requesting and preparing the food the sadly is not well received or learned by many and many applicants and sadly the younger ones, that the turn over it’s astronomical! By being 24hrs non stop, the cleaning is incredible hard to keep and maintain especially during and after rush. I wish there would be a break during some time time of day or night that we could have a team to clean deeply!

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