Kitchen manager - Kitchen Manager Chipotle Employee Review

4.0
Aug 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Running the shift, office work, food orders, being in charge of your shift, training and teaching others, challenging your crew.

Cons

Pressure is on you if something go's wrong, short staffed means working even harder to get things done. Cristal items is your responsibility and if there off you need to diagnose and fix.

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Cons

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Pros

Somewhat easy to pick up short term work, and depending on the location co-workers can be cool. The free meals are also pretty good, and there is a significant employee discount usually.

Cons

Extremely inconsistent experience between stores. One store I worked at had a really chill manager, while other ones would have management that made the experience absolutely miserable. I had one store that "unofficially" hired me for 18 hours one week and then refused to pay me for those hours, so I guess make absolute sure that all of your hours are recorded in their system. Because portions aren't standardized very well, a significant amount of customers will be angry at you if you don't give enough food, or if you give too much food your manager will yell at you. The fact that the food is made in front of the customer leads to significantly more negative customer interactions. If you do work at a Chipotle, make absolute sure it is one that isn't very busy, as it can be the difference between a relatively chill job and a stressful nightmare.

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