Horrible - Prep Chipotle Employee Review

1.0
Nov 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can’t say that there were any pros because I worked there for a matter of days and I was upset with the way things were run and things that were said in front of me day one

Cons

Horrible hours even though I was supposed to be part time . I was scheduled 38 hours my scheduled first week I trained 4 days they 3 hour shifts . The restaurant I worked at was going through a huge transition with firing people and managers leaving and managers being promoted so the management was constantly speaking bad about fellow employees , their own managers and managers of other stores . Just bringing negative attitude into every shift about who called out or who quit . It was just screaming and yelling all the time through and open door from the office about how horrible everything is going and how the store is going downhill for all the working employees in the back to over hear and every employee and managers speaking on how they want to quit and talking trash about fellow managers when they weren’t on shift . I quit on my first full shift because of these reasons . Along with the physical demands of the job . How are you going to inspire someone to want to work at a company if all I hear from the managers mouths is that you want to quit and you hate your job ?Not only that talking bad about your bosses boss and your a manager ?! Completely unprofessional! I shouldn’t be surprised though . I understand company’s going through a big change with hires and fires and all that but it’s ridiculous! Also may I add my orientation was done after my first training shift so things I should have leaned as far as training videos and booklets and any help I should have received we’re not given until after my training shift . There was no feedback or updates on what they wanted improved . There was no checking up on how I felt and if I was feeling comfortable in the job position I was doing . With the exception of one manager asking how I was holding up that was it . I also was upset because the manager I spoke to when I quit told me “ well if your going to quit I’m busy anyway so I have other things to do .” And proceeded to just hang up on me . Not letting me finish or say my peace or see if there was anything that she could do .

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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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