Employee Empowerment is scripted words that are repeated. Interesting experience nonetheless. - Anonymous employee Chipotle Employee Review

3.0
8 Dec 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch, some friendly and helpful team members, food is handled very carefully, clean working environment, and above minimum wage pay.

Cons

Empower talks is just reciting a one page document and if you don't explain as it is -word for word- the so called supervisor says you don't understand. The document is poorly written and I felt stupid repeating it but I did it for the sake of team spirit. Training is all in-house and the first day they show you a thing or two then throw you on the line at lunch time - it's a swim or sink experience. They rush you constantly to complete a task in an impossible time and constantly remind you that you're 2 minutes over etc. You get 10 minutes break every 6 hours and God forbid that you would need to use the restroom after taking that 10 minute break to shove food down your throat without chewing. As with a lot of companies there were a few little clique.

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