Waffle House reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(4,104 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 4,104 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
Apr 10, 2014

it's waffle

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice hours for 1st and even 3rd shift, regular customers that treat you like family, tips can be good, some good people to work with.

Cons

Not much in the way of moving up, a lot of favoritism and useless co-workers.

1.0
Apr 8, 2014

Management Trainee

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good training program. Decent pay for management trainees. Free food. Room for advancement.

Cons

"Old boys club" mindset in relation to advancements. Sketchy business models; poor upper management; forceful approach to getting results from managers; poor pay for managers if they do not meet their bonuses (even if forces are seriously out of their control); unacceptable and completely poor business model and standards for managers. Managers and trainees are completely overworked, with long and cumbersome hours with very little reward. Bonus program is not stable for high-achieving managers--results with eventually level off for manager, but the higher ups will still get their payout. This is a workplace where you WILL get stuck unless you compromise personal integrity and value.

2.0
Apr 2, 2014

Impersonal

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great stock and profit sharing program. If you love to eat Waffle House they have a good meal program for employees. Training is minimum wage but then you go down to servers pay after training.

Cons

This is not a job for a person with small children. I had to work all holidays and barely got to spend time with my kids. I also worked overnight so I slept the majority of the day. October through January is black time. You cannot take of and if you do not show up you are automatically fired. There is no chance for growth. Unless you have no small children, I would not recommend this company because they do not understand or have any empathy for people and their families.

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