Is Waffle House a good company to work for?

Waffle House has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 4,231 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 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 4% 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 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waffle House?

Server (479) , Unit Manager (389) , Server/Waiter (285) , Salesperson (224) , Grill Operator (168) , Server/Waitress (163) , District Manager (134) , Waitress (122) , Cook (99) , Line Cook (84) , Sales Associate (82) , Manager (77) , Master Grill Operator (72) , Sales Person (56) , Rockstar Grill Operator (53)

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

"Good money and very organized" ((in 252 reviews)); "pay is ok and people are great" ((in 161 reviews)); "Free food and quite on slow days" ((in 107 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 92 reviews)); "so is the people watching and my coworkers are great" ((in 63 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 243 reviews)); "Long hours and physically demanding" ((in 178 reviews)); "The managers have their picks of who they want to give hours to and the good shifts to." ((in 119 reviews)); "No work life balance it begins to be a task to handle other duties or personal events" ((in 100 reviews)); "Horrible Upper management in my district" ((in 77 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 are the top reviewed Waffle House locations?

Atlanta , Norcross , Jacksonville , Houston , Nashville , Mobile , Columbia , New Orleans , Birmingham , Raleigh , Greenville , Tampa , Huntsville , Louisville , Dallas , Charlotte , Orlando , Macon , Little Rock , Baton Rouge , Tallahassee , Cincinnati , Pensacola , Savannah , Fayetteville , Columbus , Charleston , Marietta , Columbus , Saint Louis

Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,105 total reviews)

Walt Ehmer

75% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Waffle House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,105 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

2.0

Aug 19, 2014

they work you like slaves

Cook/sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

customers are friendly, its a job and they hire just about anyone, employees learn to lean on each other or you will get bullied out of there, good chance on advancing to manager or so if you learn the vindictive ways

Cons

my list would never stop about the two WH I worked for, the wife was a slave driver and her husband (from another country where women are dirt) was a sexist pig. Corporate says to operate one way and the owners do it their own way until corporate comes around for the day. and corporate does not act upon sexual harassment they brush it under the rug for others to suffer at the same WH from the same offender. they will not offer full time as in 40 weekly they will do everything in their power not to pay you overtime but to work you everyday possible even if its for 4 hours 7 days a week.

3.0

Aug 18, 2014

good company all in all 20+yr veteran

Grill operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Regulars- Regular Customers are usually pretty cool, once they get to know you. Majority of the co-workers are nice, however not what I would consider hanging out with outside of work.

Cons

Pay is awful, they do not compensate for unearned wages for their salespeople that do not earn at least minimum wages. Promotions can be from with in however generally they are recruited from outside the company.

3.0

Aug 17, 2014

Waffle House is a good company to work for, but they display too much favoritism, in terms of management is concerned.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Waffle House promotes their upper management candidates from within the organization. If you are well admired by your upper management team, regardless of how well you perform, you will move up fast. People that work hard and run good numbers have to wait much longer for advancement opportunities if they are not admired by their management team. This should be the other way around. Waffle is suppose to be an equal opportunity employer, sadly to say, this is not true.

Cons

Waffle House has a great compensation package that also includes stock options. Store managers make 40-55k a year. Managers work six days consecutive, then they have two days off. They receive a week off about every six weeks. Managers are required to work all major holidays, which also includes Christmas and New Years. Waffle House never closes.

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they work you like slaves

good company all in all 20+yr veteran

Waffle House is a good company to work for, but they display too much favoritism, in terms of management is concerned.

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