El Pollo Loco reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)
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Liz Williams

58% approve of CEO

53% 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
May 20, 2014

Unprofessional place of work

Recommend
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Pros

Working here will motivate you to go to school and get a better career

Cons

Managers here are so unprofessional I been called stupid in so many ways. Very poor training didn't teach me nothing I had to learn everything on my own. Managers here will flirt with other employees and customers. I hear mangers talk crap about employees to coworkers. Its so dredful working here. They never praise you for anything but you make one little mistake its the end of the world. You'll end up working more than what you get paid.

2.0
Apr 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Food Discount Some coworkers are nice Company Values? All they care about is profits.

Cons

Low Pay Little Hours No personal Growth Favoritism Work Gender Unbalance 6:1 Female to Male Hires.

1.0
Apr 22, 2014

Terrible place to work.

Recommend
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Pros

The food is okay. It's extremely easy to get the job because they're desperate to get people because they can't keep anyone there for at least a couple months.

Cons

There's so many negatives at this place. The management is terrible. The procedures are unorthodox. The majority of customers are not respectable. The schedule is dreadful at times because they don't have enough people to have a balanced schedule. Terrible job but a good job to make you want to finish school and do well in life so you don't end up at a low-end job like that.

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