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
2.0
May 7, 2024

Minimum Wage

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There's a half off employee discount for food.

Cons

Constantly understaffed and the customers are terrible.

4.0
May 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Schedules are very flexible and the people are very friendly at my location. I would say it is the perfect first job.

Cons

You can be overworked or you can get your hours cut without having any say. Sometimes you can get stuck working the front all by yourself.

5.0
May 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy pace when working good

Cons

Have to work quick bad

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