Waffle House reviews

Because of current job market,company expects more from employees for less pay. They know you cant afford to say no. I just worked 3 weeks with no day off and was still made to feel guilty. If you complain you are a wimp and not a team player. There is always the threat that some younger, energetic type will get your job if you dont want to do what it takes. Unrelentingly stressfull. Go ahead and kiss your family goodbye. Waffle House comes first. Company line is that they will understand you are doing this for them. You will, of course, become fabulously wealthy . It will all be worth it , if you dont drop dead from a heart attack. Members of upper management will be all in your business. They are concerned about your personal and finacial issues and how that may effect your dedication to work. They will offer advice on family budgets, Tell you when to buy a house or car. They will even question you about how you spend your money. All because they care about you.

The company requires that Unit managers come back to change the drawer Friday and Saturday nights, as well as the night before you have your two days off. This is a true pain. Especially when you are mid-20's and would like to have some kind of social life on the weekends which is pretty much cut out anyhow because of the way the rotating schedule is set up you will only have a weekend off every 1 and a 1/2 months anyway. You have to work every holiday. A unit managers schedule is 6 days on and then two days off. This doesn't hold true for the holiday season, plan on working probably 7 days straight and getting one day off. Also during holiday season when there are black out days plan on going back to change the drawer at night, after you have already worked 1st shift that day. Quality of life isn't that great when you are short staffed and having issues finding people to work. You would think you'd get tons of applications all the time, you don't. Then the few applications you do get, cross your fingers hoping they pass the background, or that they aren't on discretionary hire. It makes it hard to be selective, it's almost to the point where I interview anyone who turns in an application. Every week is something different. The new pay based on "Target overall" sucks. I know managers in my division whose checks have been 600-800 dollars for 2 weeks of work, 60 hr work weeks! Doing the calculations this is barely over minimum wage in most places!!!! Not to mention, you don't get paid for holidays or overtime. There are some superstar unit managers who have good stores with employees that have been there a long time, and they are able to run good numbers and be successful. But for the majority what I have seen is my fellow unit managers in my division looking to find new jobs ASAP! OVERWORKED, AND UNDERPAID. I took this job after graduating with a degree in Business Administration to gain management experience. This is not a place I would want to work for the rest of my career. I'd actually be willing to take make a little less money, for a better quality of life and better benefits elsewhere!