Subway reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(22,174 total reviews)
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Trevor Haynes

60% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Subway has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 22,174 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Subway employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restauration industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
5.0
Mar 30, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the food. serving a fresh, healthy product. flexible scheduling. uniforms provided. you are pretty much in charge of your shift if no manager is present. always something to do. job security

Cons

the occasional rude customer. working with people who dont care much about their job. closing the store at 11 pm alone. subway restaurants are a frequent robbery target due to that. following doctors associates guidelines strictly.

1.0
Mar 18, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great regular customers. SOME good people to work with IF they survive and can deal with management/the toll taken on there body + moral.

Cons

Minimum wage. Was told we were allowed a break BUT they can fire us for any reason and that NO ONE chooses to take there break. You must stand any where from 4 hours to 10 hours with out ever sitting down depending on how long your shift is. Some can't handle this and its sad. The management sits on there butt playing on facebook a lot or goes to the bank aka shopping for hours. If the management does decide to work the counter the management in question will yell at every one for not being fast enough even messing up your sandwiches in the process of doing there one sandwich. There is also no feed back the management just insults you and curses about you behind your back or mostly within ear shot but never directly to you. All you get is a friendly smile and get to hear the management complain about some one else. Management changes their mind like the wind and will mess with your schedule by either A. Loading on to many hours to handle or B. cutting your hours to nothing depending on their mood that day. DO NOT ASK FOR A DAY OFF!!!! Management will show you there calender and tell you to please mark in advance any days you may need off and that they will do their best to accommodate you. This is a trap. You will suffer consequences. These consequences also very like the wind but they will come. It is a very political system. I would say after you have been there for several months to a few years you get used to it but that would be a lie. Unless of course you thrive on drama in which case you'll love this job.

5.0
Mar 8, 2011

Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked at a particularly laid back franchise. The owners always tried to push us towards more sales and tell us our store sucked so we would improved. Worked with great people, most of the time. Management acted like peers, not like gods. Very, very flexible scheduling, of course my manager was the best manager I've ever had. Had this job for 5 years and could go back if I ever need to.

Cons

-subway smells terrible -its fast food -the gross people you work with until they decide making sandwiches is too hard -inconsistancies from store to store - customers would say, "well so and so at this location does it this way"

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