Does Popeyes pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Popeyes employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Popeyes. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Popeyes?

47% of Popeyes employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Popeyes 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Popeyes?

Cashier (678) , Crew Member (311) , Cook (192) , General Manager (111) , Assistant Manager (109) , Manager (109) , Sales Associate/Cashier (101) , Line Cook (87) , Shift Manager (75) , Team Member (61) , Fry Cook (47) , Shift Leader (42) , Prep Cook (29) , Front End Cashier (28) , Sales Associate (28)

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

"The only pro I can think of is that you are offered free food as lunch." ((in 209 reviews)); "They give you a lunch break with a free meal for working 5 hours and nice people." ((in 137 reviews)); "coworkers were nice and friendly" ((in 95 reviews)); "The staff was friendly and communicated effectively" ((in 50 reviews)); "Also the food is great and they give you free meals for working there" ((in 46 reviews))

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

"Management is bad and no consideration" ((in 230 reviews)); "Low pay (because we both know anything under 9 dollars isn't paying the bills)" ((in 206 reviews)); "manager is rude and perverted" ((in 122 reviews)); "long hours and very fast paced" ((in 106 reviews)); "No benefits neither raise same salary for a manager and a cashier or cook" ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about Popeyes layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Popeyes locations?

São Paulo , Campinas , Rio de Janeiro , São Bernardo do Campo , João Pessoa , Belo Horizonte , Tietê , Itaquaquecetuba , Piracicaba , Mauá , Salvador , Feira de Santana , Londrina , Nova Iguaçu , São José , Mogi-Guaçu , Guarujá , Sumaré , Diadema , Sorocaba , Santo André , Osasco , Cajamar , Recife , São José dos Pinhais

Popeyes reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(3,545 total reviews)

Peter Perdue

65% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

2.9

Compensation and benefits

Popeyes has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,545 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Popeyes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurantes e serviços alimentícios industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

4.0

Feb 24, 2016

Creative Services Manager

Creative services manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful culture and leadership from our CEO who practices Servant Leadership. Popeyes is a progressive company who values their employees.

Cons

We are still a very small company as far as corporate employees so a lot of people have a very heavy workload and often find themselves doing the job that would take two or three people at another company.

4.0

Nov 1, 2015

Corporate office employee working remotely

Corp office

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great turnaround story and the success of the brand is energizing.

Cons

The LT. is a little full of itself. CEO seems to be on a missionary trip but at the end of the day it's just fried fast food folks

1.0

Jan 29, 2015

Stay in school!!!

Crew member

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Day shift normally have the nice co-workers and customers.

Cons

Very sad company to work for. Reason being I have learned every position in the store and still making 7.25. Every assessment I've been there and the only person that gets praise is the GM. The Assitant (10+ years combined exp.)only makes 9.75 and has more experience than the GM . It's, because of the District Manager. Our store has the lowest paid crew except for the GM which makes45k+ a year. How is that even possible for the Assitant to make little over 10k a year? Strange to me , but they need to check into that. DM has shift leader/crew-trainers which are all his family/friends making making 12hr-13.75hr.They do not believe in promotion at all.They rather hire someone off the streets with no exp. at all.

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