Does CKE Restaurants pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CKE Restaurants employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CKE Restaurants. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CKE Restaurants?

51% of CKE Restaurants employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CKE Restaurants 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CKE Restaurants?

Manager (7) , General Manager (4) , Shift Leader (4) , Vice President (4) , Cook (3) , Executive Assistant (3) , Financial Analyst (3) , Administrative Assistant (2) , Cashier (2) , Database Administrator (2) , District Manager (2) , Finance (2) , Human Resources (2) , Marketing (2) , Operations Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at CKE Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 18 reviews)); "It offers good benefits to full time employees" ((in 12 reviews)); "none, bad culture, bad everything" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great team and office and ability to move within departments" ((in 6 reviews)); "Flexible hours, easily gained employment, no previous experience required." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CKE Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"Some areas of the business need revamped, poor leadership with some being expected or based on seniority, roles are not posted for advancement to allow everyone the opportunity, little to no guidance to grow and poor MBO bonus review process." ((in 10 reviews)); "Management is clueless!" ((in 9 reviews)); "Arrogant upper management, don't engage with underlings" ((in 7 reviews)); "No flexibility, poor benefits, awful 401k match, CEO who has worked there 50 years and does not embrace new technologies or trends" ((in 6 reviews)); "Work life balance is great, but be prepared for a lot of work." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about CKE Restaurants redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CKE Restaurants redundancy and their outlook for job security at CKE Restaurants in 2026.

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

CKE Restaurants

CKE Restaurants Reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(189 total reviews)

Joe Guith

100% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity and inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture and values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

CKE Restaurants has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 189 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CKE Restaurants employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

189 reviews

2.0

7 May 2018

CKE Restaurants

International supply chain

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

New leadership team looking for a change. Flexible as a company.

Cons

Poor growth, lack of resources.

1.0

19 Dec 2023

HR

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The people that do the day-to-day work.

Cons

The multiple five-star reviews must have been done by our HR department. Our internal survey scores show we are way behind other companies. The faith in executive management was extremely low. The culture here is not great. Pay is low compared to the area, no bonus plan for anyone under a director, and benefits are high and increasing. Nothing has been done about the survey results except talking about it. Supposedly there is a new culture document but no one has seen it. The office is like our restaurants. Everyone turns a blind eye to the dirty conditions and bad operations. They think a pizza party is going to turn things around.

1.0

8 Oct 2018

Inexperienced Leadership, Chaotic, Unstructured, Avoid

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Nice office in Franklin, some nice coworkers

Cons

All departments struggling, very chaotic and inconsistent communication. Entire leadership team inexperienced. CEO and CMO directionless and in over their heads. Head of HR asked the team to write positive reviews on this site. Feels like a company near collapse.

Viewing 1 - 3 of 189 Reviews

Jobs at CKE Restaurants