Chipotle Mexican Grill Employer Reviews

I love my job at Chipotle. It is unbelievably fun to work for Chipotle. A typical day involves coming in early making delicious, fresh food and providing top notch customer service. I manage a team of great people who have great work ethic but know how to have fun with their job. My job expectations are quite simple: Find and develop a team of top performers – more... who have the ability and desire to perform great work, whose constant effort to do so elevates themselves, others and Chipotle as a whole. The hardest part of my job is finding the time to be with my family. It is a very demanding job. The most enjoyable part of my job is what I do. Chipotle is paving the way towards a food revolution and knowing that 97% of managers started out as crew is something that makes me very proud to work for them – less

The chipotle i worked it seemed that everyone was a manager and they all NEEDED to have things done asap. even if i was doing something for another manager

They expect a lot from you. I started as a young college student with a brand new store and a 20 year old general manager.

They do strive for high standards and you will be very busy sometimes. But that's just a job. Anyone who complains about busy is being over reactive. It's work but you get rewarded. They started me $1.50 above minimum wage and – more... they had no problem giving me overtime because I worked as hard as possible.

Within 4 months I was promoted to kitchen manager. My personal store did indeed use organic food and almost all food was supplied in state. My salary was instantly raised $4 more an hour.

To end, they do expect some pretty high standards and cleanliness, but if you work hard at it and work quick, they will give you the hours you want and if you exceed standards, kitchen manager is a possibility.

HINT!!! Actually try to achieve what they want and you can get pretty close. (Guy before me complained about a case of avacodos in 4 minutes. I've done it before so it is possible. Don't give up!) – less

constant business
inventory
training
days go by quickly
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I am astounded by the amount of unprofessionalism there is at this company. I would rather work at mcdonalds. The only reason they're still in business is because they try to brainwash you into their cult-like team. Don't drink the koolaid!

First of all, the atmosphere is just a fake "we're a happy family!" charade. The "managers" are completely incompetent – more... and power hounds and passive aggressive. The kitchen rules are borderline psychotic. For example: No gloves past a certain floor tile in the dishwashing area, even if you're just there for a second to grab a cutting board.

The amount of perfection they expect from you is absolutely ridiculous as well. If the diced onions are not quarter inch perfect squares, the whole batch is thrown out. Their motto is "food with integrity" but once you see how much food is being wasted because it isn't perfect, that food has lost its integrity completely. I was supposed to be able to cut a whole case of avocados in half and remove the pits from all of them in under 4 minutes. A robot couldn't even do that. You will get yelled at and threatened to be fired if there is a tiny flake of the avocado shell in the batch of guacamole.

They advertise they use organic and local ingredients when they can, but the whole time I was there I saw nothing labeled organic or within 100 miles of the store, most stuff was coming from out of state, and even if it were organic, 40% gets trashed anyways.

You only get a break if you finish your work on time, and you get one free burrito but you have to eat it there and are not allowed to save it or take it home for later. My breaks were at 10 am. I don't want to eat a burrito at 10 am.

I told them I'm a vegetarian and they asked if I would taste test the meat as if I'm going to throw away 15 years of vegetarianism for the well being of this dumb company. They pay minimum wage or just above, to look good but expect way too much.

They say they don't compost because they don't have the facilities but the burrito place next door does so that's a bunch of bs.

I finally quit and moved out of state and had to wait over 6 months to get my paycheck because the manager kept dodging my phone calls and saying its in the mail. When I finally got it, it was voided because it had been over 180 days since it was cut. I'm still in the process of getting my money. I paid taxes on money I haven't seen yet.

One of the worst experiences of my life. – less

A typical day is coming in on second shift an prepping everything that will be needed for the rest of the night.
I learned that the word Team has an I do to the fact that there really are no managers in this company.
The job was not hard at all
The enjoyable part was dealing with people on the daily bases

A typical day at work is assembing and preparing food for the customer. I learned to creative food that is fresh and at the customer taste buds. Management works with the crew and makes sure stuff is organize and ready to go. Co-workers are friendly and eager to learn new stuff. The hardest part of the job is trying to satisfy everyone taste. The most – more... enjoyable part of the job is working as a team and getting the job done. – less

Very busy and fast pace, every one is full of energy and always moving. I've learned how to communicate effectively with customers and co workers and how to present myself in a work place. Each manager does a great job with running the store and setting examples for employees to follow. Every employee is always full of energy and makes a fun evironment – more... for customers and other employees. The hardest part is having to remain in the same spot for long periods of time. The most enjoyable part is meeting new people from different areas. – less

You are given the opportunity to learn how to run a restaurant. The days are long and hard. The biggest challenge is finding great people to work for you.

everyone is on top of their duty when you clock in and we all work in a team help each other. great communication skills with coworkers and manager. the hardest part of the job is wheen we have a lunch rush and we have to work fast paste and try not to make any mistakes during the process. they most enjoyable part is when everything is done and closing – more... we all do cleaning areas and blast the music also the last shift splits the tips of the the day. Buy the way the food is excellent love it would never get tired of it. – less

working early shift as i did will definitely give you the hours you need for a handsome paycheck, but be warned that is because although your day may start at 7 am but end at around 7 in the pm. The hardest part of the job was keeping a real personal life with my relationships, going to work way early and coming home way late after some pretty physical – more... work for 9 sometimes 11 hour days. at some point if you do not maintain a steady sleep schedule you will be crashing whenever wherever. coworkers were the bom-diggity, and the environment they created was also dank-diggity. – less

dont get enough hours, you dont really get trained either just watch a pointless 3 hour video , there is favoritism, mangers expect to much out of you, i am new got fired today and they made up a BS excuse why, i was excited starting working but had few hours. there is too many immigrants working there it feels like sometimes im the only one speaking – more... english, prep sucks, if you work there have fun serving over 300 customers a day, too short of breaks, managers dont even help you out, i learned moslty everything from co workers, it feels like if one person doesnt like you on the staff then there going to try and get more people to hate you, l think its un fair they fire people for BS reasons and dont give you a chance if your new, i had no warnings or write ups and i still get fired! – less

Great food and atmosphere. I grew as a person and made great contacts.

Energetic fast pace job. Responsible for providing customers with excellent food quality and professional service.Coordinate food preparation in order to meet customer needs.Provide exceptional front-line customer service. Communicate effectively with support crew and management.Provide training and mentoring to new staff members. Good Co workers. Easy – more... job. – less

i loved this job when i first started but then i soon grew to hate it because i figured out how they really were they would make us like to corporate. the 2 main managers were sisters and the kitchen manager is screwing one of them. they are so unfair and fire people without giving a proper reason

I applied to chipotle through indeed because I am a single mom on welfare and I was required to do so by the state ,I started working in October 2012 and was only employed until January 29th 2013,i was terminated on the spot with no verbal or written warnings.......I was one of the only white girls there and the only one that couldn't speak a lick of – more... Spanish.....I honestly feel like I have been discriminated against – less

A typical day at chipotle is fast paced, but fun at the same time always challenging. I learned that in order to get anything done, you have to work as a team. The managment was the best I've had ever and always willing to work with you. The co-workers I worked with where very helpful and easy to get along with, mostly foreign but always got work done. – more... The hardest part of the job cleaning the grill, everything else very simple. The most enjoyable part would be the challenge and expectations that needed to be met. – less

Id say the most enjoyable part was the customers and the people i worked with, it was very balanced with communication at all times

What I learned here is that every customer deserves too be happy with there food and if they are not they deserve it made again because with out the customers there is no buisness

The hardest part about this job was figuring – more... out time betweeen talking too the sutomer and getting too know them and the pace of the line

The most enjoyable was the employees and how we all worked as a team, didnt start off with that but with the right management and the right amount of people we were a great team – less

The food is great except for how long the lines get and it can be very frustrating especially when co-workers don't really know how to work together as a team. The co-workers were nice, but at times when stress is involved the vibe can be very irritable and you can feel the tension. The management never work together usually and there was always miscommunication. – more... People quit left and right because of the apprentice working there. Or get fired because they don't get the proper training they need which leads to failure. She is a hard worker but she always gives negative feedback rather than helping out and encouraging the employees to give them a reason to work harder and try harder and feel good about working there. No matter what you do she would pester and nag instead of letting you do your job. Besides the negativity I can say the only positive thing about Chipotle is their value on healthy local foods and they really love their customers. – less

My days began in the morning, had to be in at 800 am and started opening the kithcen. I began by cutting clintro, lettuce meats ext. Once everything was ready we cleaned up and took a 15 minute lunch. We would open there doors at eleven. And I would be making online orders and fax orders, I was the cashier for all my orders, and I did call backs. I – more... had a chart to log in everything I did. I count down my door and prepared it for the next shift. I cooked all my food for my line. The managers was good. I like each and everyone off them, if they had the time and we needed something they was right there. Once I became the fax manager I was pretty much on my own. The hardest part about my job was making sure that everyone was happy with there orders. I did not like having disappointed customers. So I had to make sure everything was just right. But that is what my day! Was calling them at the end and making sure they was happy, and to here them say thanks for everything Shelby! – less