A stepping stone for your IT career. - IT Help Desk Taco Bell Employee Review

1.0
18 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

One thing Taco Bell has going for them, is their ability to hire people with really great personalities. Still, to this day, my favorite co-workers have been from my time at Taco Bell. They're just really great people, and I have nothing but love for them.

Cons

The position is essentially a glorified call center, like most help desk positions, and although it is a great stepping stone to get your IT career started, unfortunately most people end up staying there for 5+ years, making absolute peanuts. The work environment is also akin to a kindergarten. Management loves to micro-manage you to the bone, and expects you to come 10 minutes earlier than your actual paid and scheduled work time. The technical work is hardly technical. At the end of the day, Taco Bell sells tacos, and you really can't expect there to be a high, even medium level of technical challenges at this position. Working at the Help Desk is like, trying to get out of a 9-5 rat race inside another 9-5 rat race. If you're starting out in IT, this is a great opportunity only if you stay for 1 year. Learn as much as you can, and find greener pastures else where. I've done exactly this, and 4x my salary (and counting).

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Cons

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Pros

Free meals Decent coworkers Flexible scheduling

Cons

Rude management Unfair pay No lunch breaks No fresh air breaks if you dont smoke Not allowed to sit Not allowed to stop to get a drink No food or drinks infront of customers Racist isn't taken seriously and often isn't punished Homophobia isn't taken seriously and often isn't punished Ableism isn't taken seriously and often isn't punished Management will verbally put you down if you dont do good enough Very understaffed Works you 10+ hours in one day

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