NOT worth the work! - Kitchen Manager Chipotle Employee Review

1.0
Oct 7, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

nice co workers food and drink is free discounts

Cons

not paid extra to be a trainer expected to do 10x as much work as you already do promotion takes forever training is 1 day or less management doesn't care about you Management is lazy schedule is crazy even if you have school constant call outs put more work on you grill/prep need help! it's a lot of work especially if people before you do a bad job, it all falls on you if they don't prep you have no food! if they don't wash you have no dishes to serve your food! prep ends up with a lot of work , dishes or food I once had no one on prep so I had to work my cashier shift till close @ 10:30pm then close prep (dishes from all the shifts) till 2:30am with help from 1 manager.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible schedule, decent pay. Fun people.

Cons

Can be stressful & overwhelming sometimes.

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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