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These 10 Restaurant Chains Have the Happiest Workers, Study Finds

  • William Blair released an analysis in 2025 ranking U.S. restaurant chains by employee satisfaction based on over 530,000 Glassdoor reviews.
  • The study covered nearly 90 brands over 11 years and found In-N-Out topped employee happiness for the tenth consecutive year in 2025.
  • In-N-Out had a 91% employee recommendation rate, followed by Raising Cane's at 82%, and Dutch Bros and Chuy's tied at 78%, with Hardee's lowest at 39%.
  • William Blair noted compensation correlates least with satisfaction and urged restaurants to focus on softer cultural and work-life balance attributes to improve morale.
  • The rankings suggest that non-monetary factors shape employee satisfaction substantially, highlighting the need for restaurants to reassess business culture beyond pay raises.
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KTSM broke the news in on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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