Overworked and way underpaid - Anonymous employee Waffle House Employee Review

1.0
17 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You receive a pay check

Cons

Your life is sold to the devil. The company completely ignores the fact that you have family and friends. You're on a 6 days on and 2 days off rotation but you're so exhausted on your days off from the grueling 55hr week schedule that you become a zombie on your off days. You are required to work double shifts on every major holiday just to make sure the D level employees don't try to steal money or food. Your vacation days off are controlled and basically it's easy to see their system was and still is (because they lack any moderation and don't believe in adapting to the times) modeled after the same system that enslaved 100's of millions of Africans years ago. You are harassed by customers and the employees most of which have some sort of criminal background yet the make management candidates go through a thorough background check. It was by far the worst employment experience I have ever had. I absolutely DO NOT recommend to any professional or recent college grad from any accredited university.

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Cons

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Cons

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