{"id":6874,"date":"2019-02-25T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2019-04-11T00:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T00:50:03","slug":"dennys-vs-ihop-culture-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/dennys-vs-ihop-culture-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny’s vs. IHOP: Culture Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who feels like breakfast? It\u2019s Denny\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>vs. IHOP\u00a0<\/b>today for our culture showdown. Both restaurant chains are staples of the American morning, especially for those on the road. While we often think of serving for one of these franchises as an entry-level job for younger workers, the fact is that some employees of both companies have been on the payroll for decades. So what\u2019s it like to work for a franchise restaurant like Denny\u2019s for a good chunk of your life and career? Does a company like IHOP care enough about retention to make sure an active company culture is in place? Let\u2019s take a look at what Comparably\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0anonymous employee-submitted data says about working for both companies.<\/p>\n

OVERALL CULTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Denny<\/p>\n

As with many similar service-oriented jobs, there doesn\u2019t seem to be much active culture at either restaurant chain, at least on the ground level, so much depends on the teamwork and attitude of the employees.<\/p>\n

A Denny\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0employee writes, \u201cWe have some serious team players!\u201d Others write, \u201cWe are always there for each other\u201d and \u201cWe have fun and work hard.\u201d \u201cNobody argues. We are too busy,\u201d writes another.<\/p>\n

The sentiment is similar at IHOP: \u201cWe are a close-knit group that treat each other like family\u201d; \u201cSomeone is usually always there to help\u2026 if necessary\u201d; \u201cUpbeat, fast-paced, and never boring\u201d; \u201cWe are a happy, creative bunch and most of us are like family.\u201d Most succinctly, one IHOP worker writes, \u201cEveryone works together at the end of the day no matter what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

CEO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"denny<\/p>\n

A Denny\u2019s employee says managers \u201cmake sure everyone gets along and they do not allow employees to create a toxic environment.\u201d Mostly, though, the sentiment from the front lines is critical of management and leadership<\/a>: \u201cThey have a lack of appreciation for commitment and they don\u2019t want to promote from within\u201d; \u201cStop abusing the employees (and) schedule enough employees to satisfy customers\u201d; \u201cSometimes it feels as though the work and time put in (is) not recognized by any manager or supervisor, thus making me feel undervalued as a hard worker.\u201d<\/p>\n

IHOP<\/a>\u00a0workers are critical of the attitudes displayed by higher-ups: \u201cWhen a big wig walks in they rarely acknowledge us unless it’s a negative statement. Then they will sit back and watch us running when we are busy and not even help us, but comment negatively about how we are running like crazy.\u201d Workers would like to remind said big wigs that \u201cevery spoke in the wheel matters from bussers to servers to cooks, without them working as hard as they do no money would be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

COMPENSATION<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Denny<\/p>\n

At Denny\u2019s, in-store managers are especially unhappy with the compensation: \u201cLowest paid GMs in the business,\u201d writes one. \u201cPay managers more since we are expected to do the job of 3 people!\u201d<\/p>\n

The sentiment about pay is bleak at IHOP<\/a>: \u201cThe pay is the lowest it can be so I’d like to be paid more and we should get raises every few months and better benefits\u201d; \u201cLow pay for very hard working people.\u201d<\/p>\n

PERKS AND BENEFITS<\/b><\/p>\n

\"denny<\/p>\n

\u201cThe insurance they offer is decent and affordable,\u201d writes one Denny\u2019s employee. \u201cThey provide dental & medical insurance,\u201d writes another. Another worker writes, \u201cThe benefits are completely unaffordable for anyone under a General Manager position.\u201d<\/p>\n

An IHOP server writes, \u201cThere are no benefits available and because I waitress I only make $2.13 per hour.\u201d \u201cThere are no benefits with Ihop, no paid time off. No insurance benefits, no maturity leave, no stock options or 401k,\u201d writes another. \u201cWe receive no benefits, not even to employees such as myself who have worked for the company for over a decade,\u201d another tells us.<\/p>\n

GENDER<\/b><\/p>\n

\"denny<\/p>\n

DIVERSITY<\/b><\/p>\n

\"denny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who feels like breakfast? It\u2019s Denny\u2019s\u00a0vs. IHOP\u00a0today for our culture showdown. Both restaurant chains are staples of the American morning, especially for those on the road. While we often think of serving for one of these franchises as an entry-level job for younger workers, the fact is that some employees of both companies have been … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,4,3],"tags":[11,86,365,366],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6885,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions\/6885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}