Sonic Drive-In Leadership

Can be a fun job to kearn the food game.

Management takes care of its people at the top and nobody else.

Easy job for me

Nothing at all because they dont consider employees. They also cut people's hours to get Big bonuses.

Needs upper management to babysit these store managers better. Theres no reason to try if it were up to management.

Promising to do the best job and put the company first. Wasted my time with this Greenwood Arkansas location. 8 yrs and 3 Managers. 1 who still drinks at work with his assistant managers. They get raises and promotions while people like me get shafted and lied to.

Below average

There is so much nepotism...it doesn't apply

Doing a good job. The people in charge suck but my name is on the work I do.

Getting to see and serve so many customers. The customers are what makes it work it.

Not consistent. Trying to manage a crew of boisterous teenagers that do o not care about the job at hand. They work almost every holiday. The owner can make all the difference in the world.

It's literally 6 miles from my home.

I would be willing to invest more in those that I have in charge, that I have chosen to oversee my business. Team building training between day shift and night shift. I would require all managers, shift leaders, those in charge, to work the shift opposite their own for a 2 week period the first time and then for one week following. This world be a quarterly training "wake-up", respect, support your co managers training.

I just looked at them on line and what positions were open

That's our area of struggle. You get what you pay for though. Some things need to be made a priority.

Way way below the average and still expecting more out of us. Naaaa

Feel good about it.

The customers

Very Team motivated culture. Most stores have decent General Managers in them

I'm sure this isn't Sonic wide but my Franchisee Capped my pay which means I will no longer be eligible for Salary increases. Some Franchisee require 55+ hours a week and when your not getting raises it just seems not worth it.

I have been with Sonic a total of 10 years with a 3 year break in the middle. I will say I liked it better before Inspire Brands bought into the Sonic Brand. I think the best thing about Sonic is definitely the bonds you make and the Dr. Pepper Games.

Fairly easy to reach

I think that if the people at corporate actually worked in the stores more and didn't just have Area reps that visited once every year to 6 months it would improve the culture of most drive-ins

I was honestly just myself, slightly awkward but very knowledgeable and showed that to my interviewers when offered a store.

Salary is a little low, Bonuses are higher than average but also very hard to achieve given the Metrics you have to hit.

Good

My crew and customers. The store was a mess when I got there. Great workers and a Great community but it just desperately lacked Leadership.

I was getting paid about $700 on bi-weekly paychecks.

The management was the worst I have ever seen in any fast-food establishment. It was dirty and disgusting in there, and the manager was so rude. I had to work the closing shift every single night even when I had requested off and every time I said I was not able to work that shift I was threatened with being terminated.

Getting free food.

There was nothing good.

I would fire everyone who works there currently and bring in all new, clean people.

Answering basic questions.

It is below minimum wage, $10.30 an hour and they think that the tips make up for the rest of them.

I don't have an opinion on that.

Getting to see friends who worked there was pretty good, but they all left, saying they felt the same way about the place as I do.

Making new friends

Get paid less then minimum wage, and deal with horrible management

There are no benefits

it's fine

I liked to work hard and to be as helpful as I can. I liked to clean since I am a germaphobe, so I like things to be clean.

Many things, like how my managers yelled at me for "not" doing my job correctly even though I was doing more than they were. Disliked how much of the mess the coworkers did and then use something I just cleaned and did not clean afterward.

I liked the tips I've got for being a good worker.

Some of the employees were friendly

Working environment, management, the way I would be treated in general.

Getting one free meal

The kindness of my coworkers, the environment, the encouragement you get from every manager

the taxing physical aspect of it

50% off meals

Learning new thing and growing as an employee

the people/management

Being able to help others and see them grow

i was a cook

lack of management, and how i was treated as a worker there

i couldn't name one

Fast paced and always busy doing something

Understaffed, overworked, and poor management

The interaction with customers and how well you have to work as a team to get the job done with no stress.

The environment people are willing to work in just isn’t up to code I feel like.

The tips.

Friendly environment

Pay wasnt good

I am very friendly and kind, I work well with communication and team work, I’d consider myself a leader

Discounts

Always wanted to put their work on me when we are supposed to be a team

Customers

Working with customers

My manager wasn't great at sending out a schedule on time.

Employee discount

I like the people who work on night shift

Pay, lack of organization, drama, hypocrisy

None

the best thing about sonic is the staff and management, they are amazing.

the things I really don't like is the disrespectful customers but there's always going to be people that are disrespectful wherever you go.

my favorite perk about working at sonic is the free drinks.

The people are great, also very good at making people happy.

Not good pay and need more hours.

I’m a manager finally!