Whataburger reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(4,526 total reviews)
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Ed Nelson

69% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Whataburger has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,526 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Whataburger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews
1.0
Jan 17, 2016

Worst company I have ever worked for.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no pros unless you're one of the gms favorites.

Cons

Management is a joke. If you're not one of the general manager's "favorites" you don't get hours like the rest. As the non - English speaking get over time. The hard at work barely made $200 a week.

3.0
Jan 8, 2016

Tightrope Walking for High Expectations

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a better start-up job for most because (depending on location and/or management) you'll get paid above the average rate in fast food cities. Promotional opportunities can come often and raises for hourly employees happen bi-annually. Benefits are decent as well when available to enroll. And can't forget those employee discounts!

Cons

"Customer Service" to Whataburger as a whole means "do whatever the customer wishes, no matter how unreasonable it is". And more than often you will encounter the unreasonable for even the smallest mistakes made. There are even instances that customers will lie to you over the phone (instead of in your face) just to get a free meal, and there's only so much proof-checking you can do. This can warrant to anyone (myself included) just making up any story just to get another batch of food at the store's expense. Benefits are another problem, as they have their limitations as well. For regular employees, don't expect any vacation or sick pay at all, and expect your insurance window to be limited to one month out of the year instead of being available at any given time of the year. For anyone in management, sick pay rolls on as high as it can go, but vacation weeks are on a 'use it or lose it' basis - no roll-overs or cash ins. Bonuses are also on shaky ground as it's all based on rigged performance factors.

3.0
Jan 4, 2016

Upper management

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Pros

Theirs opportunities for advancement from within. You are paid every week.

Cons

Once you become a menager you pretty much sit still in that posistion for a while. It's about who you know rather then what you know. The rules in black and white are only to be followed when the powers of be deem it necessary. GM'S stab each other in the back if it means getting ahead. Right is right and their wrong is right. Pride love and care. Yeah right. Family looks out for each other they don't throw each other under the bus first chance they get. If it boils down to you or them they'll throw you out the bus.

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