PAY DOES NOT EQUAL THE DEMANDS - General Manager Chipotle Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food and major holidays off

Cons

When people see the salary, they get super excited. Don't be fooled. General Managers " have no personal life " and " this is what you signed up for" as told by area manager and area director. Forced to work 19 hour shifts - day in and day-out with weeks of no days off b/c you are the one that has to cover for being short staffed. Even when you DO manage to get a day off, your boss is calling you to get to the restaurant and help, or get to a meeting, or get on a conference call.... DON'T EVEN DARE making any personal plans, like go out of town or attend any sort of important function on days you manage to get off ! That will get your immediate supervisor against you ! In all reality, as a GM, I was making less than the regular employees with the hours to salary ratio. AVOID becoming management at Chipotle at all costs, it's not worth it!

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