Subway reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(22,202 total reviews)
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Trevor Haynes

58% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Subway has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 22,202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Subway 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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2.0
Sep 7, 2015

Decent Hours, Awful Management

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Pros

Depending on the location/franchise owners, you can get a decent amount of hours for a part time job. Since there are a ton of locations within a fifteen minute radius of where I live, I would often get called to work at another store if I wanted more hours. Out of all fast food jobs this one is probably the easiest.

Cons

We couldn't hold onto a manager for more than 3 weeks. One of the managers I had was also terribly sexist and rude, and just generally very unpleasant and frustrating to work with. Every person I've talked to who has worked for Subway has had some issue with management. I really didn't feel like I was being treated like a person most of the time. I also had a co-worker who had been working for the company for over two years, and he only recently got a $1 pay increase.

5.0
Sep 2, 2015
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Pros

Friendly Co-Workers Good pay compared to most other fast food jobs understanding owners Friendly regulars Discount on food Paid break

Cons

It's a fast paced environment, especially during lunchtime.

5.0
Sep 2, 2015
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Pros

- My manager was very accommodating/understanding to my work schedule. Sometimes I would get swamped with projects in school, and as long as I could find a replacement I could call off. - You learn the strengths of your coworkers (like who is faster at cutting bread, putting the veggies, or working the register), which allows you to find the best way to work quickly and efficiently as a team. - You will learn to have patience if you don't already. Of course you will always encounter the rude, annoying, and mean customers regardless of how nice you are no matter where you work, but you'd be surprised how crazy some people can get over a sub.. or even a free cookie! - When I first worked there, we got a 6inch sub meal for free (only when we were working). After 6 months, management changed the rule and we only got 50% off. Yes that's still an amazing deal, but nothing beats completely free hahah.

Cons

Don't really have any legitimate cons... just some small nit-picky things that aren't much to complain about. For example, it's always hot cause you're in front of the ovens. As a college student, I would sometimes have to work in the morning right before classes. Because of the lack of time, I wouldn't be able to shower and would smell like "Subway" or the classic bread smell all day haha.

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