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

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).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jul 1, 2014

A "Stepping Stone"

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Pros

This can be a really fun place to work if you can luck into having a decent manager. The regulars are awesome and you can easily get attached to them. If you stay on top of your tables, you can make enough to support yourself.

Cons

Some of the managers are too lenient on their favorite employees. I quit working there because of the drug and alcohol problems that a handful of the staff had. Also, my manager was sleeping with servers. This was supposed to be a "Stepping Stone" to find a better job, but I was sucked in and before I knew it, 5 years had passed.

1.0
Jun 30, 2014

Never again.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Unit manager took his job seriously. The place was always clean and the food fresh. Windows were cleaned once a week, floors scrubbed 2 times a day the foods were kept properly. He gave people who didn't smoke breaks as often as those who did.

Cons

Sexual advances from everyone the customers and co-workers alike. I ended up serving and cooking at the same time often because the cook was too busy smoking, and when I did move to a better shift the servers were on pills doing them in the bathroom when they got a minute between tables! The drama was too much, a server ended up crying most nights. Too much stress, not worth it.

2.0
Jun 27, 2014

Terrible company!

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Pros

Nothing. The entire system is a scam (very similar to a pyramid scheme) I worked for Waffle House for two and a half years directly out of college. To me, 40k was a lot of money so I took the job (it was forced down my throat by a recruiter (Michael kitella) because that's how the HR dept makes their salary... Number of new hires in x amount of time) HR people at Waffle House are on the "bonus system" just like unit managers (if you don't perform you don't get paid). Btw field hr people for the company can expect to make ~ 37$ yearly. Pathetic salary. Similar to a unit manger though. I hate Waffle House because they pay next to nothing and expect results, yet provide absolutely no resources to achieve expected 29.9% food cost. It's a good job to learn the restaurant industry from the bottom up. That's about it though. If you stay longer than 6 months you are a fool... (I was a fool) because they will lead you on and make you think that 'district manager' is just around the corner (that's a steady $70k a year). Sounds great to a recent college grad! Except what they don't tell you is you don't want the job because (remember the resources from before ? 0) the company provides no resources and expects you to run 3, 24 hour stores all by yourself. No thanks. Not for 70k... I quit Waffle House and worked as a GM for a local quick service restaurant for a few years... Stress=not bad, resources= yeah, had support to give raises and spend money where money needed to be spent, salary= ~$87,000 Lesson Learned: don't work for Waffle House because the company doesn't care about about you and won't invest money to keep you...

Cons

Everything is bad about this company. See above.

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