Does Chipotle pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Chipotle employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Chipotle. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Chipotle?

54% of Chipotle employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Chipotle 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Chipotle?

Crew Member (5815) , Cashier (1674) , Service Manager (1035) , Kitchen Manager (619) , General Manager (609) , Crew Member/Grill Cook (561) , Crew (446) , Line Cook (401) , Line Worker (291) , Cook (249) , Cashier and Crew Member (244) , Apprentice (227) , Sales Associate/Cashier (227) , Manager (210) , Certified Trainer (206)

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

"The greatest thing about working here are friends and connections I made and the free food." ((in 3086 reviews)); "The pay is good to be a fast food restaurant and they are pretty good with working around your schedules." ((in 1363 reviews)); "I liked the free meals and discount of 50% off on meals when not working" ((in 1210 reviews)); "Good benefits you get to invest in a share profit of the organization franchise and you get free food" ((in 980 reviews)); "Great people to work with very fast paced.thats a pro for some one like me" ((in 905 reviews))

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

"Bad management and over worked for amount of work there is" ((in 1634 reviews)); "Bad if you have bad manager People get moody when it's packed and blame it on the personnel Bad when there's not enough personnel" ((in 951 reviews)); "Very high standards meant long hours and a lot of hands on work all the time." ((in 737 reviews)); "I received no training because they wanted to make me do all of the work while no one else did anything" ((in 255 reviews)); "Some blatant favoritism towards certain employees in the form of drastic wage differences" ((in 177 reviews))

What are employees saying about Chipotle layoffs in 2026?

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

Chipotle reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(21,638 total reviews)

Scott Boatwright

53% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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Chipotle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 21,638 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chipotle 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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22K reviews

4.0

Mar 4, 2021

Great place to start out or work as a 2nd job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule fits your needs and theirs because they aren't afraid to call you in to work a partial shift if they feel they need help.

Cons

Management acts like they'll help get things done, but they mostly have random conversations in the middle of the store, sometimes blocking doorways, making it impossible to get things done without constantly asking them to move. Also not a lot of communication before they let people go.

5.0

Feb 25, 2021

great place to work

Crew member

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

it was really good sometimes

Cons

sometimes it wasnt so good

4.0

Feb 16, 2021

Lots of learning, fast paced, understaffed at times

Crew member/grill cook

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

To be part of a team, culinary skill growth (knife skills, etc), if you are willing to learn you will be pushed to grow and become better, likelihood of transitioning to management if you are skilled/work long enough, free meal per shift, possible yearly tuition reimbursement or longer term employees, free uniforms, potential to learn different positions, tips, lots of physical activity, etc. For the level of pay, Chipotle is an incredibly thoughtful and well structured company on the store level with better values and intentions than most.

Cons

Lots of effort for minimal pay, understaffed at times which can leave you in a position of leaving your team in the lurch or working a double shift, almost impossibly high expectations of skill and speed to reach for the level of pay, unable to cash out used sick days (MA) or accumulate more if you reach the cap without being sick or claiming to be (either case will slightly screw your team for that shift as well, which sucks if you care about the well being of the team as a whole), at my location there were times when the need for skilled staff was so great that those who were skilled were called upon to work as much as they'd like or to be (optionally) called in on your days off when the team was understaffed, which can affect work life balance.

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Great place to start out or work as a 2nd job

great place to work

Lots of learning, fast paced, understaffed at times

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