Top-to-bottom hiring at scale–filling key management roles with AI

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Restaurant Type

Quick Service Restaurant

business

Headquarters

San Antonio, TX

people

Location Count

50-100

Challenge

Whataburger, the legendary burger chain beloved throughout Texas and the South, needed to quickly hire top talent to support multiple New Restaurant Openings. From hourly employees all the way to Operating Partners, Whataburger needed to secure top talent at all levels of operations to continue its rapid expansion.

storefront

Company Type

Quick Service Restaurant

business

Headquarters

San Antonio, TX

people

Location Count

50-100

Solution

LANDED streamlined Whataburger’s hiring process by expanding reach across 80+ job boards and social media to drive high applicant volume. Multilingual GenAI instantly responded to all candidates and vetted them with questions tailored specifically for hourly and managerial roles.

“When I talk to our Director of Operations, he cannot imagine life without LANDED. There is definitely an advantage to having LANDED at our organization.”

Ergun Uslu

Chief Operating Officer

Results

Whataburger hires at an average rate of 10+ new team members a week, including 6 Operating Partner hires — high-level leaders trusted to run the business like owners.

The industry average interview-to-hire ratio

70 hours

Hours saved for GMs each month