4 ms·
Waffle House managers, in my experience, are heavily sourced internally. (Or at least used to be) This ensures you have a pipeline of new managers when someone
by ethbro 7y ago
Waffle House managers, in my experience, are heavily sourced internally. (Or at least used to be)
This ensures you have a pipeline of new managers when someone moves on, as well as benefiting from far more experience than hiring externally.
Furthermore, while there may be higher paying jobs in a nearby city, there certainly aren't in the same area.
There are Waffle Houses at the intersection of two state highways. Which is to say, places where they're the only business there.
- wronglebowski 7y agoComing from someone who spent years in hospitality this is 100% the right answer. I’ve since moved onto technology gigs but it’s very common to prove yourself in a much lower tiered position and move on. Start at McDonald’s, move to Panera and receive a nice Quality of life bump, then move onto something even more stable and rewarding like Trader Joe’s or Costco. The other side of this is those that are very capable but very deficient in other areas, they started working at Waffle House since they don’t fit into normal society as one would think of it and happen to land there. Since the barrier to break into these jobs is nonexistent they do find a “home” and lack the ability to ever grow or move on, for better or worse.