The Truth About Working At Popeyes, According To Employees 

Ive worked in a popeye's years ago,,but it wasn't as bad as it is now

Yes, Burger King from 1979-1980. Let me tell you about fast food- it was WAY better in the 70s and 80s and that is NOT the opinion of a boomer waxing nostalgic about his past. It’s a fact. Chalk it up to the pressures of competition for the fast food dollar perhaps, but the quality of all the chains has diminished. From my experience at Burger King I can tell you that they have cut many corners. The patties used to make the double cheeseburgers have shrunk and the cheese slices have thinned. Also, only one slice of very thin cheese is now used instead of two. Try and get a burger that’s hot enough to melt the cheese. These days the double cheeseburgers and Whoppers are served cold and doesn’t matter which location I patronize. Burger King once used a steaming device to heat their sandwiches before serving them to a customer. Burgers were always hot and delicious. Their original fries were delicious and were just as good as any competitor- the delicious flavor owing in some part to frying them in beef lard. But somewhere along the way the corporate geniuses thought there was some high demand from customers for “healthy fast food” fried in vegetable oil. The fries would still be palatable had they stuck with their original shoestring potatoes, but then those were swapped for a larger cut fry that has this horrible coating on them. Burger King’s onion rings were once really delicious and always hot, ALWAYS crispy. That’s because the original (larger, and round not oval shaped) onion rings that were loaded with minced onion had a special cooking method. They were par-fried to about 80% cooked then, when an order of onion rings was placed, they were dropped back in the hot oil to finish. You NEVER got cold, pasty onion rings back then. I often tell my kids and other young people that Burger King and all fast food joints at one time were really, really good. Now, they’re not even a temptation. At least for those who remember their glory days. At least one newcomer has proven that not everyone wants to eat from a crappy dollar menu: Chipotle. Love them or hate them they have raised the bar in terms of offering a quality product. I enjoy this RU-vid channel and offer the suggestion of interviewing a number of former fast food restaurant employees from the 70s and 80s. I’m certain that no matter which chain they worked for they would agree that the quality of the food has declined.

I am working there rn I am under pressure 🤕😭

Very stressful but I’ve never been rude or disrespectful to anyone

Lmfao lies😂the working till 1 am true onlt 4 times tho outta the almost 2 years of closing every day, nobody still going crazy over the sandwich everybody got it now, snd Popeyes be paying good😂😭

Especially in a robbery. They could of been killed if they refuesed to hand over the money to the robber

Minimum wage work is hazardous. Ask employees at gas station and 7-11's.

Yeah I never heard of that myself

CoolBro congrats bro

Why not become a bank robber?

bk owns true...

Cool bro

Nice

because they have over 5 thousand franchises and not all franchises make the same amount of money each year due to location etc? lol be smart.

The video itself said the average pay is $9.50. Still not enough, but two dollars more than the national minimum wage.

Once the pay goes up the cost of the food will go up as well.

@@AC-vt4iw good maybe people will think before getting fast food

There's plenty of money at the top of Popeyes. Upper management and the shareholders can easily take a haircut and let some of that money "trickle down" to the workers. No amount of excuses or propaganda or appeals to the idols of capitalism can make me believe that the CEO and upper management are worth what they're being paid. These fast food chains can easily pay better wages and the food prices not go up one penny as a result. There's just far too much bloat at the top.

THIS ^ Especially he managers part!! I only started this job 1 and a half months ago and everytime ive had to work with a manager they blame all their mistakes on me! i only have 3 days of training to learn how to make things, cashier, prep food, call food, package it, pick up calls, and hand it to the customers. Customers are usually nice to me but non of them really look at their order number so if they take the wrong thing then it’s your fault. spicy chicken is great but the mangers are just so terrible and a nightmare. don’t ever work here. EDIT: Also The hours are absolutely ridiculous!! I’m only supposed to be working part time hours (30 or under) yet I work 40 hours in 2 weeks!! sometimes even more!! And in the end I only receive 500$ not including the tax money they take off payroll! I work so many hours yet they absolutely REFUSE to hire new people!

They are making me do a 720 test before I can get on the Floor. I will not be back. I'd leave now but my husband is at work When I leave today I will never be back

I hope everything would turn out better for you soon.

I agree

@@katheyscheid7310 720 test ?

That's kind of hard to do as most places in which you get skills require you to pony up cash

If you can’t make a living wage at a job then why is it a job 💀💀

I worked 40-60 hours per week depending on call ins and never received any offer of insurance, retirement, nor educational reimbursement. I call bullshit.

I agree im always friendly and kind even when im having a bad day. What do i gain by being an ass to customers (or workers) Your days no better n someoned elses is worse.

None of your judging business maybe?

Emotional damages to start with

I had it at 2 different restaurants and was disappointed. But I will keep trying it at other restaurants till I find the best one.

I just got a Chick fil a spicy chicken sandwich about to do a video

It's overrated. I've had it three times and it's only ok.

Its hard

Do you still work there?

Can send me the link

dude i just applied two days ago and now im scared

Alex S. Why ?

@@jmv8422 i applied bc i need money and im scared because i dont want it to turn out like as bad ss theyre portraying in the video

Alex S. I have an interview today 💀💀 but every place is different

No one believes your bullshit, what else you got?

I know you telling the truth i use to work at churches chicken and did all you said you did but i got paid 8.00 . And although it should be 2 cooks at all time i always worked by myself, which made putting up the truck, trash and dishes just the worse. Ill never work fast food again. Its not slavery because your not forced but trust me youll feel just like one.

connerdude100 yea definitely man i know that

Tony Corleone stfu🤣🤣broke ass

Rell T you know there’s a such thing as i got another better job opportunity right🤣🤣who’s the dumb one?🤨

Not me!!

I'm in the same boat but the way 2020 is going. I'm willing to take anything.

Same here I have an interview tomorrow!

@@kriskat3438 good luck it's really easy

You have to understand that it’s not entirely the employees faults. When you are being forced to work full time hours when you were hired as part time, things get really shit. I’m sure cashiers try their best to get your order right, considering it’s always low staffed (1 cook, 1 cashier, 1 manager) serving more than 20 people at one time, the job can get very stressful. It’s not like we are not nice people, we are just extremely underpaid, overworked, and stressed out a ton.

They could learn from Chick-Fil-A. They have great customer service.

@@MrHuck Chick filet is also FULLY staffed at all times, Popeyes is not.

Classic right wing Trump loving type of comment. Blame the worker busting her ass to get just even much less ahead

Terry Jo Miller Financial responsibiliy is not a right or left wing issue. You should be concious of the effects of major life choices, which includes having 6 children. Do not have children you cannot afford to care for.

@@DC2007A Shut up my mom had 6 kids and took good care of us you need to get a life before i really hurt your feelings

Just a unpopular Girl It sounds like your mom was wise and had her affairs in order then.

You need to watch your mouth. That job for a single mother beats not having no job to care and feed her children. Your comment just shows how dumb and stupid you really is. Shut up and have a seat.

Trust me. Today's chicken is garbage compared to when companies cared back in the 60's and 70's. KFC and Church's was chicken to die for. Profit destroyed flavor.

It is overrated. I went two months after the re-release and bought three of the spicy chicken sandwich. I gave one to my mom and ate the other two. I bought three in case it was good because than I wouldn't have to go back. Love that the chicken is thicker but it's not very flavorful.

It's ridiculous for them to understaff like that when they're doing crazy sales with their stupid sandwich! You go to Chick-fil-A or In-N-out and they have a good dozen or more employees working!

I just started an I’m like 12 a hour but maybe that just because of the recent inflation

Ikr. Id rather have real cajun cooking over fast food cajun

@@AngelWingsYT we went to mexico and my dumb cousin wanted mcdonalds im like nope , we in mexico i did not came here to ear mcdonalds

Creeps need to go back where they came from

Wtf

Also the job is easy for the most part it’s just some of the staff is rude

You need to take that to court and file a lawsuit. That’s wrong in all ways. You must be paid. Tell them you won’t work anymore unless you get paid.

you might work one while in college

@@asadb1990 true but your expectations should be extremely low. Probably if you're in college you should be thinking about working bottom tier in the industry that you're hoping to enter after graduation. If you want to be fast food management, that's a good plan. If you're going to college to work in fast food, that's a bad plan.

@@michaelgrier oh i agree. i used to work fast food when i was in high school and initially in university because they provided free food and the money paid for basic expenses. then afterwards discovered security work which was always in high demand and pay was descent for minimal physical work.

You can’t just tell someone to “get an education”. Obviously that’s not how it works.

You're likely just seeing the seasoning. It's very red in color. Hard for me to believe they're serving raw chicken when it's all fried with an automatic timer on the fryer. It's a pretty idiot proof cooking method.

I had a chicken strip from Popeyes recently; that also had blood or something in it. It was in the meat so I don't think it was seasoning.

@@DarthIke77 sadly no problem is they hiring people with no experience and the chicken is being under cooked. sadly they had guy's review pictures taken down, and was clearly bloody. here another picture from same location but it's not bloody www.google.com/maps/place/Popeyes+Louisiana+Kitchen/@49.1185237,-122.8233867,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipN7j320sPNWMKXDOUeXL_Dl6FfSk6EymQ-XMC_R!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN7j320sPNWMKXDOUeXL_Dl6FfSk6EymQ-XMC_R%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x5485db90afbda99d:0xac6ff6b07632b66b!2sPopeyes+Louisiana+Kitchen!8m2!3d49.1188815!4d-122.8237528!3m4!1s0x0:0xac6ff6b07632b66b!8m2!3d49.1188829!4d-122.8237581

@@DarthIke77 also many of ther reviews are either undercooked or overcooked.

@@tysonlaplante3957 I'm not even trying to defend Popeyes. I used to work there and I hated it. See my other comments. I think it was probably cooked just fine. You're just an over picky eater. Chickens have veins and shit. That's what cooked chicken looks like. Those photos aren't bloody. You just don't want the animals you eat to look like animals. Frying chicken isn't hard. Has anyone ever gotten sick from eating Popeyes? Link that article.

Lol

Don’t won’t them either if it’s anything like the U.S. the food is mediocre at best and the service is trash.

The rich don't like to share. They just like exploiting others.

I worked worse lot worse. Its fast food what you expect? No place is perfect at least they pay above min wage.

What Popeyes they work at

@@lildez237 I make 11.50 - maryland

14 in California

less than mc donald lol. Mc donald pay $9.75 in GA

Or dont expect to live on a min wage job. I worked at taco bell for two months when I was 16 and said this blows so I got another job and paid my way through college because I knew fast food wasn't a career and it was long hours, standing, for crappy pay. I still have scar marks from my time there.