El Pollo Loco reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)
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Liz Williams

63% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

El Pollo Loco has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The El Pollo Loco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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712 reviews
5.0
Apr 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The food was always great

Cons

The environment is demanding for the pay they give

5.0
Apr 12, 2015

El Pollo Loco was an amazing place to work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Our team worked very well together. Colaboration was encouraged. We all worked very hard but because we all loved what we did, we really enjoyed it. I loved my time working for el pollo loco.

Cons

Depending on when you are employed there you may or may not have room for career path growth

1.0
Mar 26, 2015

No Work / Life Balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

6 DAY WORK WEEK SUPERVISING SEVERAL LOCATIONS

Cons

EXPERIENCE on the job was ok

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