Is Waffle House a good company to work for?

Waffle House has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 4,222 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 1% 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 2.8 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 (478) , Unit Manager (387) , 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 (52)

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

"Shifts go by very fast and money is good" ((in 253 reviews)); "pay is ok and people are great" ((in 165 reviews)); "Free food and quite on slow days" ((in 103 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 97 reviews)); "so is the people watching and my coworkers are great" ((in 62 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 251 reviews)); "Long hours and physically demanding" ((in 172 reviews)); "Manager could be an annoyance some of the time as she was rude" ((in 124 reviews)); "No work life balance it begins to be a task to handle other duties or personal events" ((in 95 reviews)); "Horrible Upper management in my district" ((in 76 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 Waffle House locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Monroe , Wilmington , Murfreesboro , Hammond , Knoxville , Austin , Hendersonville , Destin , Panama City , Cumming

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Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,096 total reviews)

Walt Ehmer

76% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Waffle House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,096 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Jul 25, 2013

Manager In Training

Unit manager trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A paycheck. If you can survive this is great experience that will look great on your resume.

Cons

Having to go back to the restaurant on Friday, Saturday, and the night before 2 days off. The pay starts off at $10.77 for all Managers in Training. Management is very mean spirited. They want you to work like a slave for $10.77 ( with over time you will get the $30,000 plus a year). You are in charge of $6000 or more worth of inventor. If ANYTHNG comes up missing it comes out of YOUR paycheck. To sum it up. Waffle House wants you to throw the football and catch it to... If you are capable of doing this then this is the company for you... GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

1.0

Jan 26, 2023

RUN!!!

Unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you devote your whole life to the job you can move up quickly. If there's a natural disaster or inclement weather they'll find a place to stay close to the unit for you to stay.

Cons

There's absolutely no work life balance. You're expected be on call 24/7. You work a 6 and 2 rotation and around holidays you work even more. You have to work every holiday. Upper management is not truly "qualified." It's just people who stayed through all the horrible times. There is absolutely no accountability and a lack of structure.

3.0

Jun 5, 2022

They don't view you as a person

Unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High Pay, 3 weeks paid vacation, guaranteed off days, stock, meet a lot of different people

Cons

No time to yourself. Even when you are "off work" you are never off. Your phone will be constantly blowing up. No free time. Work starts at 6:30am till about 3 or 4 pm. Then back at 9pm to do shift change. If anything comes up in your personal life there is no leeway. You are expected to miss all holidays, funerals, weddings, etc. It doesn't matter what happens in your life, they expect you to give every second to the waffle house way and will work you into the ground.

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