Awful - Prep Chipotle Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food? People not in management are nice I guess.

Cons

Your timeline to do literally everything in this place (even your illegal 10 minute break) is completely unreasonable and on top of being understaffed in back of house 100% of the time, you're killing yourself if you want to work here for long periods of time. They only promote from inside the company so you have management that has only been working for 2 months and are 16-17 year olds. Training involves maybe 3 days then you are on your own, by yourself, expected to do everything that a full team of people should be doing.

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Pros

Really nice people, and good pay!

Cons

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2.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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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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