Does Shari's Restaurants pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shari's Restaurants employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shari's Restaurants. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Shari's Restaurants?

34% of Shari's Restaurants employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Shari's Restaurants 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.3 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shari's Restaurants?

Server (42) , General Manager (22) , Assistant Manager (15) , Server/Waiter (15) , Line Cook (14) , Dishwasher (10) , Hostess (7) , Cook (5) , Manager (5) , Food Server (4) , Shift Supervisor (4) , Assistant General Manager (3) , Host (3) , Management (3) , Restaurant Manager (3)

What are the pros of working at Shari's Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"People were nice and most of the employees" ((in 13 reviews)); "Friendly coworkers make you feel at home, wait staff typically give a portion of their tips to kitchen staff for the help" ((in 12 reviews)); "Fast paced, welcoming, fun, discount, employees" ((in 5 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and nice customers" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good money" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Shari's Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"To many hours pay was low" ((in 12 reviews)); "Any managers worth a famn are long gone after being used and abused by upper management through the pandemic." ((in 11 reviews)); "Hours are long and you work every holiday." ((in 9 reviews)); "Overworked, rushed deadlines, CEO promoted highly competitive work environment." ((in 3 reviews)); "Salary and 401k could be better." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Shari's Restaurants redundancies in 2026?

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

Shari's Restaurants Reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(266 total reviews)

Sam Borgese

17% approve of CEO

13% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (266 reviews)

Shari's Restaurants has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 266 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Shari's 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

266 reviews

2.0

5 May 2016

Overworked, Underpaid, and not appreciated

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The people you work with, for the most part, are genuine and appreciate your efforts. They will rally behind you if you lead and give praise where deserved.

Cons

Everything else. You work extremely long hours as an Assistant Manager, are expected to push your staff and yourself sometimes beyond what is capable, to the point of breaking. Expected to know things, processes and procedures, without proper training. Expected to hit marketing goals that are unrealistic. Depending on your GM, and in most cases, you just do their job so they don't have to. It's a trickle down effect in mentality. GM's get it from Corporate. Corporate feels they have put in their time, so they forget how to "Lead by Example". And to top it off, there is no real appreciation. What Corporate is really doing is just lining their pockets and running good honest people into the ground.

3.0

5 May 2019

Corporate couldn't care less about their employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

My store has a ton of heart and my coworkers are awesome.

Cons

Corporate has cut employee incentive and morale to its bare bones. Just when we think there not much more they can take away, they find something. They blow their money on trying to "fix" things that were never broken to begin with.

2.0

17 May 2017

Server

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You make okay tips. That's about it.

Cons

They're all about saving money. So, they want servers to do everything. They once contiplated...probably still do...that servers should wash dishes. Not only do you have to be able to handle section of up to 8 tables. You have to greet, seat, beverage, serve, exposure, make desserts and bus tables. Management is lazy and complains when they have to help. They don't know why they lose business. Why? Because customer service turns to poo when you can't fully serve your tables! Pie wednesdays. They took off certain pies on the menu. They haven't changed he menu though and they advertise season pies not in season. So every damn time someone does a lunch trip or every table on pie night I have to take the menu and do a whole shpeel on what we do and do not offer in pies because I hate disappointing people after they order their free pie. (It's been like this for 4 months) They paid for these remodels...but they didn't pay for new salad bar fridgeration and we have to put most of the prepped food in the walk in because it won't stay up to temp. when you keep having to run to the back and do everything up front...it takes time away from face to face customer time. They don't get it. It's all "card sign up" numbers. The health plan they offer is rediculous too. Uniforms are ugly. Why am i still working here!?

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