Director of Culinary Innovation - Anonymous employee El Pollo Loco Employee Review

3.0
6 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Was a fun position creating new dishes for a highly regarded brand that has an established fan base. Had a lot of latitude in creativity to explore innovation.

Cons

Heavy politics and favoritism. Unethical board members, cronyism, many decisions made that were not beneficial to the brand long term. Huge debt to service crippled business.

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Pros

Work life balance Flexible with my schedule

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Not much else other than free food

Cons

High turnover, favortism, lack of stability, disconnect between corporate and restaurants.

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