great food, great customers, too many hours for too little pay not enough support - Anonymous employee Chipotle Employee Review

4.0
5 Jun 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great food! Great people and customers! I have never felt embarrassed to tell people I would for Chipotle like many other restaurant jobs. Very motivating management and lots of opportunities to grow within the company

Cons

Don't pay people enough - definitely not competitive wages for the high expectations Salaried expectation is 50 hours but pay is based on 40 hours - you make 40k as store manager which is less than comparable places like Potbelly or Panera, yet you have no time for life outide of work HR and support staff are not involved enough with the paper trail that bogs managers down. Too much on the store manager's plate they need to focus on to deal with all the BS paperwork.

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Cons

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Pros

Free food for breaks, young team, not many crazy customers compared to other fast food restaurant chains

Cons

Always short-staffed at night and double the work from the mornings, the manager has to close multiple positions alone, with insufficient and poor training because God forbid you clock in to learn how to work best.

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