Terrible first job - Crew Member Chipotle Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Customer service experience, real life skills, learning PATIENCE AND SELF CONTROL

Cons

People/customers are extremely needy, don’t care about anything but themselves , they make your job harder than what it is 90% of the time …. Management barely gives you breaks as a minor. Lots of cleaning/ cross training will be done , you always have to pick up someone else’s slack, online orders are hectic and you will be alone doing them 75% of the time, grill cooks are rude and take their precious time doing anything , having to make calls /yell at the grill is annoying. You will come home filthy and smelling like onions, all the work that you do is not worth 10$ an hour …management does not care if you are a minor they will work you to death with no breaks , cashiers are greedy and will pocket all their tips if you don’t catch them. People with families of 10 will come through the line, during rush hour you cannot move + lines will be backed up to the door and people will wait as long as they have to. I hated that place .

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Pros

Flexible schedule, decent pay. Fun people.

Cons

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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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