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On average, employees at Waffle House give their company a 3.3 rating out of 5.0 - which is 17% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Waffle House employees are Managers submitting an average rating of 5.0 and General Managers with a rating of 4.2.

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3.3
Average Rating
(based on 31 Waffle House Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
2.9
Growth Opportunities
2.9
People You Work With
4.0
Person You Work For
3.5
Rewards You Receive
3.1
Support You Get
3.1
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
3.1
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Door Agent

"I currently am working as a Door Corps at the Waffle House location on Ingleside Road in Norfolk Virginia, and am a part time employee, but they cannot seem to get my paycheck correct weekly.... It all started back in August, when I took 2 days off for my birthday, but made them up the following week. I was of course not paid for the days I took off, but I was also not credited with the days I did work to make them up correctly, because the manager on duty did not put in my time correctly. This was corrected, somewhat. after I spoke to a different manager who had the money I was shorted returned to me the following week, but the pay for that week was also low. Again, I had to get the money I was not paid correctly added to my following week's paycheck, but then that paycheck was also light. This has happened every week since then, and again today, which is supposed to be pay day, I have been shorted. This is getting ridiculous now, and I am beginning to think the people they have working in the payroll department are completely incompetent, and that the managers are just lying to you about correcting issues to get you to leave them alone. IF you do take a job here, be prepared to keep close eye on your hours worked because their scheduling system is confused to say the least, and the on site managers do not really care about you at all."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"Waffle House is an excellent way to be introduced to having serving experience within the food industry. They have staff readily available to help any new employee by providing the necessary tools to do the job well. The hiring process is typically short and training takes only a few days. The coworkers are very patient and helpful toward new employees so that the team does a good job as an entire unit."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.3
Waffle House (43)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Hotel del Coronado (9)
2.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Bojangles' (6)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (5,445)
HR Specialist

"I worked at Waffle House for over two years, and I thoroughly enjoyed coming to work every single day. I was recognized for my hard work, and I met the one of the founders who acknowledged me by my name. They truly care about their associates and they were family to me."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"Waffle is a great place for a College student to get experience in management. It is also a place where if you don’t have a clue what to start your career this is the place for you. It is also a place where if you don’t have a family/kids is a great place to start"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
General Manager

"I have been with Waffle House since 2016. It’s a company with a very family-first atmosphere to it, great benefits, awesome culture and a great history. The pay is above average for mangers in the food sector but the work life balance could be better."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"Hard work, hard hours, some good people. Your experience depends on your upline. Make no excuses and you will be fine. Hard on family life, you learn a lot though. They will lie to get you on board, so believe half of what they say, and if you're good with half then you'll be just fine. Never forget it's 24/7 with only one day off during major holidays, and when someone calls off you fill that whole, and sometimes you work doubles to save payroll. Once you successfully work here every other job will be a breeze. Life changing experience for sure. Good luck!"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Developer

"Basically given a stick and told to make fire. We impressed even ourselves with our ability to always come through. Dialup internet, COBOL iSeries, Visual Foxpro, .NET 1.0, the list goes on and on of old technologies we were expected to use in order to produce highly functioning tools."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"Bad pay, mean coworkers, management, and customers. I worked third shift for a year at Waffle House and was CONSTANTLY harassed by coworkers and drunk customers. Everyone on the job smokes weed or drinks out back during the smoke break. They rarely followed rules. Everyone complains about their personal life. The cooks recently got a raise to $10 per hour, when they do NOT deserve it, I can't tell you how many times I've done there side work, they never have to deal with yelling customers either."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"I have worked for Waffle House for 18 years."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Waffle House Employee

"Great work with great upper mobility. Waffle house works everyone very hard but also compensates their managers very well. Be prepared to work all holidays no matter what. If you are good at your job you will move up quickly at this company. All stores are are open 24/7/365 so you will be getting a few midnight phone calls from your associates. Overall, Waffle house has many great people to work with and a great overall work experience. Having a restaurant background will help you."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Manager

"resturant manager and line cook"

What do you like about working at Waffle House?

"I felt that they were very organized in their ordering and inventory systems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"you must be willing to work hard to manage it takes alot of your personal time,"

What don't you like about working at Waffle House?

"I did not like that they were open 24 hours"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"pay greater attention to the work habits of their servers."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Waitress

What do you like about working at Waffle House?

"My customers and fellow workers are what I enjoy most."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Apply with what you have and hope you are givin a chance."

What don't you like about working at Waffle House?

"Tips are not enough to live on and there are no medical benefits"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would like to ask management to please give me a chance."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Store Manager

"nice company tohelp you learn how to run your own business"

What do you like about working at Waffle House?

"I liked having the freedom to manage as I saw fit"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"do your homework on the store you want to manage; check out the customer base first"

What don't you like about working at Waffle House?

"I dont like the lack of opportunity for advancement there"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"suggestion: build your team, dont inherit one or accept the team that was left over unless you are happy with them"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Point of Sales Representative

"Solid company"

What do you like about working at Waffle House?

"It is an easy going fun work place that you can earn money in the right store"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"make sure you get a good store to start with"

What don't you like about working at Waffle House?

"some managers do not look out for there employees enough"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"managers should work with employees to optimize opportunities for profit"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Unit Manager

"sucks"

What do you like about working at Waffle House?

"the food and some of the customer but that all"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"good luck you goin to need it that all o boy"

What don't you like about working at Waffle House?

"everything they tell you going to make money but the dont help you"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"dont let you employess run the store thats why you hired a manager"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Waffle House Reviews FAQs

Is Waffle House a good company to work for?

Waffle House has an overall rating of 3.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 31 Waffle House Review Ratings left anonymously by Waffle House employees, which is 15% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 74% of employees would recommend working at Waffle House.

Does Waffle House pay their employees well?

Waffle House employees earn $30,500 annually on average, or $15 per hour, which is 54% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 10 Waffle House employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Waffle House Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Waffle House?

74% of employees would recommend working at Waffle House with the overall rating of 3.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Waffle House 2.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.1 for Rewards You Receive, 2.9 for Growth Opportunities and 3.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Waffle House?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Waffle House is a Management Consultant at $106,000 annually. Browse Waffle House Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Waffle House?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Waffle House is a Food Server at $10,000 annually. Browse Waffle House Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Waffle House?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Waffle House to be People You Work With, Person You Work For, Rewards You Receive and Support You Get, and cons to be Company Culture and Growth Opportunities.

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