Great Food; Sketchy Management - Cashier Chipotle Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

As a current employee, I can say that there are benefits and disadvantages when working for Chipotle. Advantages: - Great food variety and choice; can always splurge or eat healthy. - Free uniforms; they look good and you can always get hats and shirts for free. - Clean procedures; it's an efficient system that's very impressive.

Cons

- Imbalanced work; Cashier cannot restock, clean, and maintain the front cashier area, dining room, and bathroom during peak hours. It's impossible without making mistakes. - Management can be abusive; when mistakes are made, their favor is king. They're right, you're wrong, and they have the cameras in their favor. - Bad employee treatment; they like to throw the word termination around a lot and will do anything to go home early, since they're on salary.

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Pros

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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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