Too much work for too little pay - Prep/Grill Chipotle Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked at Chipotle for a year and made incredible relationships with my co workers. I've learned a lot on the job that will benefit me in my future.

Cons

Unfortunately the cons outweigh the pros. The pay is not really great, you will be doing stressful work where other establishments have the exact same job for a better pay rate. Area manager treats local GMs' like trash and that behavior trickles down to employees. You can tell that greed plays a factor to how things are ran. Upper management doesn't like any lower employee who is smarter than them and will immediately put them down the first sign they show any effective productivity that doesn't follow their vision. Especially when their so called vision is very flawed and can be proven to hurt the company than benefit it. There are many accounts of favortism especially when less effective employees gets promoted/rewarded over the more hard working and effective employee simply due to favortism.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

Great staff Great location Food is great Employees are fantastic

Cons

Bad scheduling Bad communication when team isn’t on one accord. Food runs out fast during a rush General manager sometimes can’t be found.

2.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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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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