Pros
Working with the GMs is great. If you are lucky enough to be an hourly employee (not shift leader), you will have a great time. My pay was great for the experience I had. Owners are approachable when present. They will hire anyone for any level (except GM). Owners pay for more education as it relates to Wendys (Wendys' sponsored training classes, ServSafe).
Cons
No advancement, owners and district manager are not on same level (right hand does not know what left hand is doing). Fear the days/time that the owners and/or DM arrives, they can say nothing positive, DM rules with an "iron fist". Write-ups are given without much investigation. There is no consistency between stores, each store has its own set of rules- like they are run by completely different entities. A 1% raise was useless ($9 a month, really, are you serious?!) . As a salaried manager, you are forced to work in 1 of 3 stores, without preference, and even then youa re not guaranteed to work there more than a week at a time. High management turn-over rate, >200% turnover rate for hourly employees (at least 2 new employees per week).