Chipotle reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(21,615 total reviews)
avatar

Scott Boatwright

54% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Chipotle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 21,615 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).

Reviews by job title

22K reviews
4.0
Jun 14, 2016

Chipotle Crew

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food Easy promotion Health, vision and dental Learn how to do everything

Cons

Sucks if you have a bad team and managers They expect you to be fast right away Can be pretty tedious until you get used to portions

1.0
Jun 13, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Corporate employees get $100 in free Chipotle every month. - Casual office environment and no dress code. You can literally wear your bathrobe to work if you wanted to. - Annual teambuilding trips (i.e. Las Vegas, Chicago, Denver) - Free chips and Salsa every Thursday. - Benefits are ok and comparable to what’s being offered at other companies. - Sabbatical offered after every 10 years of employment.

Cons

- No work/life balance. Literally, zero. The store managers are expected to work a minimum of 50 hours each week; it’s the same type of mentality in the corporate office. Very lean workforce. This would be a very difficult place to work if you have small children and it would be virtually impossible if you happened to be a single parent. - You’ll work primarily with entry level college students who lack work experience. There’s something to be said for bringing in new and fresh ideas but if you’re over 25, you probably aren’t going to be hired. The office has a very juvenile, high school feel to it. - Not many advancement opportunities within the Columbus office unless you’re willing to move to the Denver HQ. - The company is very focused on their vision of “being top performers empowered to achieve high standards.” This sentence will be stuffed down your throat from day one and you will hear it ALL THE TIME. What they mean by this is that "just" doing your job and excelling at it is not enough to receive an above average review at the end of the year. In fact, it’s the equivalent to being one step away from being fired. In order to be considered a “Top Performer”, you not only have to excel at your job but you also have to come up with projects and efficiencies that will save the company massive amounts of time and money. You likely won’t have time to work on these projects during the day so this is one of the things you’d need to work overtime for. - The company offers paid holidays but you’ll only have the day off if the workload allows. When I was there, we worked from home part of the day on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas and we worked in the office on Memorial Day and Labor Day. This will vary by department. - Pay is very low when compared to the extremely high expectations that they have. - Paid time off is not competitve when compared to other companies.

4.0
May 13, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Many Benefits, Great Culture, Awesome People (Overall), Growth Opportunity

Cons

False Promises, Upper Management Plays Favorites, People Form Into Clicks

Viewing 160 - 162 of 21,615 Reviews

Glassdoor has 22,119 Chipotle reviews submitted anonymously by Chipotle employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Chipotle is right for you.