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 (5804) , 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 3089 reviews)); "The pay is good to be a fast food restaurant and they are pretty good with working around your schedules." ((in 1343 reviews)); "I liked the free meals and discount of 50% off on meals when not working" ((in 1217 reviews)); "The company offers some pretty good benefits and there are avenues for growth within the company." ((in 991 reviews)); "Great people to work with very fast paced.thats a pro for some one like me" ((in 880 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 1620 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 952 reviews)); "Long hours that you may have to stand and you could potentially miss a break because of the long lines." ((in 740 reviews)); "I received no training because they wanted to make me do all of the work while no one else did anything" ((in 243 reviews)); "Favoritism is blatant." ((in 180 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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3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(21,602 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 21,602 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

Nov 2, 2011

All of management had sticks up their a**es

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Some of the best quality food around - Good music - Free meal

Cons

- Management was unfriendly (4 of 5) - No structure for training. They had me dish washing most of the time when I was supposed to learn how to prep the food.

1.0

Oct 29, 2011

Worse than working at Wal-Mart!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

About the only good thing I can say about working at Chipotle was that it was close to my house and we get free lunch there. For lunch we could eat as much as we wanted, chips, guacamole, drinks, burrito, what ever we wanted for lunch, then it was back to work...

Cons

Worst job I've ever had. The manager had this computer program that told him exactly how long it should take to do anything, and when you went to work the manager would set it for how long the program said it should take you do to it and if you weren't done the second it went off, it was hell to pay. The manager would come over and yell shout and belittle you as incompetent and threaten to fire if you weren't done on time net time. Literally the worst job I've ever head, and I've had some bad jobs...

2.0

Oct 27, 2011

Micro Managed with out praise

Crew

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food 50% off food on days off Free teeshirt & Hat Casual Dress Code

Cons

Constant Micromanaging Failure to praise workers Respect for team members personal life is lacking A LOT of work for VERY little pay. Mini wage plus tips (if you make tips - people don't think fast food workers should get tips. We make less then McDonald workers.)

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