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 been stable over the past 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 (5805) , Cashier (1674) , Service Manager (1034) , Kitchen Manager (618) , General Manager (609) , Crew Member/Grill Cook (561) , Crew (446) , Line Cook (400) , Line Worker (290) , Cook (247) , Cashier and Crew Member (244) , Sales Associate/Cashier (227) , Apprentice (226) , 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 3121 reviews)); "The pay is good to be a fast food restaurant and they are pretty good with working around your schedules." ((in 1353 reviews)); "I liked the free meals and discount of 50% off on meals when not working" ((in 1228 reviews)); "Good benefits you get to invest in a share profit of the organization franchise and you get free food" ((in 991 reviews)); "Great people to work with very fast paced.thats a pro for some one like me" ((in 893 reviews))

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

"Overworked and Bad management can make for a bad time" ((in 1628 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 947 reviews)); "Very high standards meant long hours and a lot of hands on work all the time." ((in 727 reviews)); "I received no training because they wanted to make me do all of the work while no one else did anything" ((in 240 reviews)); "Favoritism is blatant." ((in 176 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.

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Chipotle reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(21,604 total reviews)

Scott Boatwright

54% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Chipotle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 21,604 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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Reviews by job title

22K reviews

2.0

Jul 10, 2012

It's OK to work there until you do more then other managers and your GM

Shift manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

People who you work with (not managers) and seeing the regular customers.

Cons

Working every weekend and and when you have to close and not get out until 1am because crew won't move to get stuff done. and then you have to open the next day is real hard.

2.0

Jul 5, 2012

Great place to eat-----but work elsewhere!

Crew

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Pros are that Chipotle really takes interest in the environment. Most everything they use is recycled if possible....from bottles to even left over food which is taken to the local salvation army.... Also though its not the most calorie friendly place you can feel good to know that you work for a fast food place that doesnt sell processed foods!

Cons

Cons my location was inconsiderate of certain limitations i had----though i was hired to be the cash regisiter attendant---i was continously place in physical labor intensive positions despite the physical problems that it posed for me-----Also they trained under multiple people so it can be confusing the appropriate way of doing something when they arent always doing things the same way (and even the correct way) ...

1.0

Jul 3, 2012

Boys club

General manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Food Great employees... many opportunities for growth Many opportunities to have fun throughout the day. They STRIVE for a great culture. Company Car three weeks vacation low base pay

Cons

...but fall WAY short; extremely gossipy and backstabbing culture is rampant. It's a boys club--even though there may be a woman or two. EVERYBODY has to like you...even people who have never MET you!!! Always on the verge of being fired. Had to fire those Great employees because they didn't want to be a manager. High skill job at low pay for crew They make you feel like a bad manager; even when you knew you weren't. extremely OCD about everything being perfect. If you are not perfect all the time...gossip begins. Minneapolis is becoming a notorious bad market to work for in this company.

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