Kitchen Manager In Training - Kitchen Manager In Training Chipotle Employee Review

3.0
Feb 19, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Hours (if you want them). Great People/ Culture. Amazing opportunities to move up. Every manager or almost all of them were crew once. I've only been working here for 5 months and some change and I'm already in my second week of training to become a kitchen manager.

Cons

To be entirely honest, it's a hard job. It requires a lot, and I mean a lot of sacrifice, and more importantly you have to be able to handle a lot of stress. Cuts and bruises everywhere. Everything at this store is SHARP! You don't get any time to breath. Although you get a 30-min paid break, while actually working you just have to keep going.

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Pros

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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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