Don't Fall for the Hype - Senior Associate Chipotle Employee Review

2.0
Jul 11, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, decent benefits, nice colleagues

Cons

Smoke and mirrors here. No career path, very little development for employees, pay not competitive with best companies. Leaders who can't lead and don't care about their employees, only themselves. Say they are progressive but are way behind in terms of technology and best practices across the board. There's a reason that turnover is extremely high but they are too cheap to address the root cause of problems. Keep looking elsewhere.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Somewhat easy to pick up short term work, and depending on the location co-workers can be cool. The free meals are also pretty good, and there is a significant employee discount usually.

Cons

Extremely inconsistent experience between stores. One store I worked at had a really chill manager, while other ones would have management that made the experience absolutely miserable. I had one store that "unofficially" hired me for 18 hours one week and then refused to pay me for those hours, so I guess make absolute sure that all of your hours are recorded in their system. Because portions aren't standardized very well, a significant amount of customers will be angry at you if you don't give enough food, or if you give too much food your manager will yell at you. The fact that the food is made in front of the customer leads to significantly more negative customer interactions. If you do work at a Chipotle, make absolute sure it is one that isn't very busy, as it can be the difference between a relatively chill job and a stressful nightmare.

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