Chipotle reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(21,638 total reviews)
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53% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Chipotle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 21,638 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chipotle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
3.0
Jul 8, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of opportunities for advancement. If you have the time and dedication and are halfway decent at your job there is usually a chance to move up into management positions--and they treat their managers very well.

Cons

A few of the managers were not very flexible. I transferred to a different college and only got one option for a class schedule, so when the managers said I had to choose between work or school I chose school and was forced to quit.

2.0
Jul 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The CEO - Steve Ellis seems like a genuine guy with a great mind and heart. I was proud to work for him. The Restaurants - Nicely designed, cool industrial theme, and hip music. The Menu - Focused, fresh, simple, and tasty. This helps keep inventory costs down and the food fresh. The Ethics - Chipotle supports a food system that eliminates or reduces the harms it causes. Growth - Its a growing company with opportunities to move up from the bottom.

Cons

My Immediate Boss - He was a minimal worker who belittled his employees and played small-minded games pitting people against each other. He was good a playing power politics, so he kept his job despite these pitfalls. The fact that he was also a serial wife-cheater gives him zero extra credit. The Judge Judy Co-Workers - I'm a friendly, genuine guy who was thrown into a pack of wolves. In my restaurant, I was working with a lot of hurt people who spent their energies hurting others, like the people on many daytime TV programs. The Expectations - The company expected people to move faster than human beings normally move, and this caused stress in the restaurant and harmed the customer experience. I don't like sweaty, obviously hurried people cooking and making my food, and that was the unfortunate reality at the restaurant I worked at far too often. The Rio Grande Gap - The English-speaking managers talked badly about the Spanish-speaking workers; and the reverse was true. This reality created yet more petty dysfunction that took focus away from positive goals.

4.0
Jul 5, 2014

firing wrongly

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay good food fast paced Great pay

Cons

rude managers who have favoritism

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