Does Smashburger pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Smashburger employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Smashburger. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Smashburger?

39% of Smashburger employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Smashburger 2.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Smashburger?

General Manager (73) , Cashier (68) , Cook (50) , Assistant Manager (36) , Gse (33) , Guest Service Expert (32) , Shift Leader (29) , Line Cook (27) , Manager (20) , Restaurant General Manager (12) , Front of the House (11) , District Manager (10) , Shift Manager (10) , Server (9) , Front of House (8)

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

"Great people and lots of fun" ((in 50 reviews)); "Most coworkers are fun to work with and make shifts go by quickly." ((in 31 reviews)); "Flexible hours while in school" ((in 27 reviews)); "free food and the quick work pace kind of feels like a fun game that you have to complete" ((in 23 reviews)); "Some great staff, you get on well as you know how bad it is to work there." ((in 21 reviews))

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

"At Smash Burger there was Poor management" ((in 60 reviews)); "They pay was low and it was too far" ((in 54 reviews)); "Managers always in position." ((in 36 reviews)); "Terrible upper management." ((in 18 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Smashburger layoffs in 2026?

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

What Smashburger locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Tulsa , Washington , New Providence , San Jose , Hicksville , Saint Louis

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Smashburger reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(826 total reviews)

Jim Sullivan

13% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.6

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Work/Life balance

Smashburger has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 826 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Smashburger 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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Reviews by job title

826 reviews

3.0

Aug 1, 2014

General Manager

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Close to home, overall good pay, fairly easy operation to oversee, busy location so it keeps me moving, good food.

Cons

Smell like grease no matter whether in the kitchen or not! Adult babysitting everyday.

2.0

Feb 14, 2014

No Bueno

Shift manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I really enjoyed that I had great co-workers, easy work, the schedules tend to be pretty flexible.

Cons

The management tends be very unstable, we also had 3 district managers within a course of a year. The pay is not great, the managers like to take advantage of their employees.

1.0

Feb 6, 2014

i work for smash burger

Front of the house

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

not many i been there a year and still no raise. they lied on frobes magazine and said we make 9/Hr. i make 8.25

Cons

does not care for its employees hr does not help. i have contacted them many times. the district manager also did not want to give me the hr number instead gave me the email address and told me he was going to call them and let them know of the email.

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