Waffle House Reviews

Pros

Good pay, health and dental, great management

Cons

The company has a poor image and sometimes led to some customers saying some nasty things, after accepting extra hours sometimes it can feel a little forced

Pros

Great benefits, great salary, great team spirit

Cons

Associate call outs, working most holidays

Pros

The pay, benefits, retirement and days off are great compared to other fast food restaurants, even though they we are not fast food, everything is made fresh! Support and hierarchy are good as well!

Cons

They are so attached to the old ways and to the “Show” of requesting and preparing the food the sadly is not well received or learned by many and many applicants and sadly the younger ones, that the turn over it’s astronomical! By being 24hrs non stop, the cleaning is incredible hard to keep and maintain especially during and after rush. I wish there would be a break during some time time of day or night that we could have a team to clean deeply!

Pros

The company itself is great. We offer full benefits and a stock program. Pretty flexible schedule as long as you can work one of the shifts, but it's a 24 hour place.

Cons

The health insurance kinda sucks, and servers are expected to do literally everything but cook. We clean, wash dishes, handle customers, do prep, etc. All for tipped minimum wage. They still have the saying "if you have time to lean, you have time to clean." Some states still only pay $2.13 for tipped wage. And there are a lot of people not tipping much or at all these days, in this economy. My upper management is also awful and corporate hasn't done anything about it since our district is set to retire this year. He's just allowed to make racist and sexist comments, and defend a guy that sexually assaulted a coworker.

Pros

1st shift: 2-5servers on $50-150+ & despite small sections (always) if busy or at least steady tables turn a LOT, which YOU solely determine that factor...Best part side works short and sweet takes 5-30min max FYI: ALL factors listed above can differ greatly between 1st 2nd or 3rd shift (which is 10hrs while the others each only do 7hrs, does not compute) & being a tourist town tips VARY a lot w/ summer to winter BUT this company pays more than min $2.13, it's convoluted go figure as much

Cons

Lack there of any shape or form of a mature professional mgr If GM is in building, their scheduled to operate grill EVERY shift Won't ever be able to understand how your paycheck is broke down Wild wild west on 3rd, it can get bad, once a man brought a gun into the building after having words with another man (while restaurant is totally full, the drunks are full of surprises) No resolution ever for anything you may need, they don't give af

Pros

The pro's of working for Waffle House are they put an emphasis on the care of people first through servant leadership, taking care of their employees, and their families. I have noticed in the people that I work with that they have high expectations and a growth mindset to get better everyday to reach the goal of ensuring that every individual who walks through the doors of a Waffle House has had a good experience or memory. Lastly, I observed the company values a strong work ethic, authenticity, humility, being relational, community, growth, and having a purpose bigger than ourselves. Also! In-house tradition, music has always been a part of the Waffle House experience and I love playing my favorite songs.

Cons

What some may think of as a con, I think of as an asset and a rewarding career; our work ethic. My observations are that everyone I work with, works hard. This includes Servers, Cooks, Managers, District Managers, Division Managers, Area Managers, SVP's, all the way into corporate. I have nothing bad to say about Waffle House so far in my experience.

Pros

401k Health insurance 2 vacations a year Salary is good but I personally felt it was not enough for everything you have to do.

Cons

Work every Holiday. Little to no family time Your days off really are not your days off. When you leave the store you have to go back 3 nights a week for shift change. Once during the week and 2 nights on the weekend. You’re not really off when you leave. You are responsible for EVERYTHING. They count EVERYTHING. And if it’s missing you will have to pay for it. They Will literally take it out your check. No up line support.

Pros

every day is very different

Cons

hours are inflexible and chaotic

Pros

Meet interesting people Pay is good for this area Opportunity for overtime

Cons

Working weekends and holidays Staffing issues

Pros

The hours are long and hard. The stress level is very high. You work every holiday including Christmas and new years. Go in both days at 6:30 am leave at 2 to 4 pm must be back at 6 pm until 11 or 11 pm then be back at 630 following am. Also if a hurricane comes you work 10-12 hours days doing 8000 to 10000 per day. It is just crazy for instance I went through hurricane michael it hit our town with above 135 mph winds and I had to work for like twelve days in a row even though my house was damaged and we were slammed from the time we opened to the time we closed. Little appreciation and since Joe Rogers the 1st and Joe Rogers the second step down Joe Rogers the 3 rd took over and has made some drastic changes although he skillfully guided the company through the pandemic. Has made some changes that I feel we're not for the best. Of course he also made some that were. Weighing it all out I just felt it was mov ing in the wrong direction so I don't work there any more.

Cons

Long hours. Work all holidays. Stressful.