Subway Reviews

Pros

Free lunch, free breakfast, awesome co-workers, free movies every month, annual reviews including raises and typically an annual bonus based on the company's performance.

Cons

Management is secretive, health benefits are ridiculously expensive, only a 30 minute unpaid lunch as a break. Recently they eliminated our two paid 7 minute breaks...they claim it decreases productivity even though we all know it increases productivity. Also, they constantly remind us that we are the greatest team in franchising history...but we are notoriously underpaid and overworked!

Advice to Senior Management

Treat us like we matter! Most of us work there because we believe in the company and are loyal.

Pros

Friendly co-workers/manager.
Free 6-inch sub of your choice a day.
Flexible hours. But a little TOO flexible.
EASY interview... The manager took one look at me and the first question out of his mouth was "When can you start?"
I LOVED my job at subway.

Cons

My manager was hindu and could barely speak english.
Extreme lack of hours. I worked maybe 9 hours a week, if I'm lucky. 3 hours a day. I had asked my co-workers and they had both been there for several months; they both said they got the same amount of hours. Also heard them mention they had a lot of split shifts.
Rarely busy = boredom.

Advice to Senior Management

More hours.

Pros

Very simple to get up to speed with the most senior members since the sandwiches are very simple and so is the cashier system. You can get as many hours as you want if you're a reliable employee and are willing to pick up shifts when other employees need time off/quit/get fired (all of which happens quite often at Subway)

Cons

The turnover is incredible. The five months I worked there, I ended up working with about a dozen new people at least. The pay is measly at best, but if you want overtime, you can get it without any of the management complaining about it. The customers are generally friendly, but some can be demanding, rude, and condescending.

Advice to Senior Management

Be good and kind and your employees won't turn over so much.

Pros

free food....that's it. and it isn't even that good.

Cons

EVERYTHING! horrible management, supervisor is incompetent, worst job ever.

Advice to Senior Management

go to college.

Pros

You earn raises quick and easy and very flexible with schedules. You get to meet a lot of new people.

Cons

There are not enough hours and not a very steady work schedule. Rude customers are a dowside to working at subway.

Advice to Senior Management

Some advice or feedback to the leadership at subway is to stay away from favoritism and lean more toward hardworking employees.

Pros

The job is pretty easy, and you have access to free food. I've known a lot of other people from different locations and they agree.

Cons

Customers are often ornery and horrible. Also, there is not really any room for advancement. No matter how hard you work you still stay a sandwich artist.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more thorough training

Pros

Free food
Management was almost never present, you and your coworkers are pretty much in-charge at all times
Close bonds are made with the other person you work with (normally only 2 are on clock)

Cons

Hard to get raises
Management is very unappreciative
Hard to balance life and work (there is always somebody bugging you about working their shift)
Often times openers and day shift do nothing and the closers have to do everything with no recognition
RUDEST customers I have ever encountered
The smell that is engraved into your clothes, hair, skin, and nails
Management takes customer complaints VERY serious, which are always abundant

Advice to Senior Management

Respect your employees better
Offer raises to ones who actually deserve it
Trust your employees rather than make harsh decisions based on customer complaints
Notice who actually does their job and who doesn't. PAY THEM BASED ON THIS.

Pros

get decent hours and free 6inch sandwich meal

Cons

bad hours for mid shift and boring

Advice to Senior Management

good be more involed with your employees

Pros

flexable, meet a lot of interesting people throughout the community. develop contacts which may help you excel in your career

Cons

time management is essential, if you are not prepared for your rushes you can experience high levels of stress. and poorly trained employees make job duties more difficult

Pros

decent pay for my position

Cons

long hours doing work that needs to be done by 5 people

Advice to Senior Management

pay attention to employees and tell them about the businesses successes and failures