Chipotle Kitchen Manager reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(613 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Kitchen Manager. employees have rated Chipotle with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 613 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Kitchen Manager. professionals have a good working experience there. Chipotle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Kitchen Manager. professionals compared to other employers within the Restaurantes e serviços alimentícios industry (3.7 stars).

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613 reviews
3.0
Oct 29, 2014

Crazy

Recommend
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Pros

Free meal during time working. Teaches you great knife skills. I respect and admire how much work goes into the food preparation. Great way to gain management experience. The company as a whole stands for really great things. I wish that my time here was different.

Cons

1. a lot of work is expected of employees. So much that even if you finished your work by the company standard, you moved too slow. Inconsistent standards from a company that preaches consistency. The minute you feel that you understand your job everything changes. Jacksonville managers are crazy. Say one thing and then do another. Kitchen Manager role is very difficult. You will never ever meet the expectations they want from you, even if you work 80 hours a week. The other managers are quick to find fault in everything you do, but then when they do something wrong it is also the kitchen manager's fault. This was too stressful of a job for $11 an hour. Things do not look like they are improving for the future.

5.0
Oct 12, 2014

Worst years of my life.

Recommend
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Pros

Free food on breaks. Work around your schedule.

Cons

Unprofessional. Managers have no work ethic. Fire without warning. Don't tell you you're getting fired, just take you off of the schedule.

2.0
Jul 8, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The CEO - Steve Ellis seems like a genuine guy with a great mind and heart. I was proud to work for him. The Restaurants - Nicely designed, cool industrial theme, and hip music. The Menu - Focused, fresh, simple, and tasty. This helps keep inventory costs down and the food fresh. The Ethics - Chipotle supports a food system that eliminates or reduces the harms it causes. Growth - Its a growing company with opportunities to move up from the bottom.

Cons

My Immediate Boss - He was a minimal worker who belittled his employees and played small-minded games pitting people against each other. He was good a playing power politics, so he kept his job despite these pitfalls. The fact that he was also a serial wife-cheater gives him zero extra credit. The Judge Judy Co-Workers - I'm a friendly, genuine guy who was thrown into a pack of wolves. In my restaurant, I was working with a lot of hurt people who spent their energies hurting others, like the people on many daytime TV programs. The Expectations - The company expected people to move faster than human beings normally move, and this caused stress in the restaurant and harmed the customer experience. I don't like sweaty, obviously hurried people cooking and making my food, and that was the unfortunate reality at the restaurant I worked at far too often. The Rio Grande Gap - The English-speaking managers talked badly about the Spanish-speaking workers; and the reverse was true. This reality created yet more petty dysfunction that took focus away from positive goals.

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