Chipotle Mexican Grill offers a diversion to the typical fast casual food scene in the US. Mainly, they offer Mexican specialty dishes such as burritos and tacos rather than the usual burger and fries. Steve Ells founded the restaurant in 1993 and has now over 1000 locations throughout the world. They have recently released a new mission statement and have pride themselves in exerting the effort of using mostly organic ingredients.
Chipotle managers must be prepared to tackle a very challenging role. They will have to cover several grounds in making sure that the restaurant operates smoothly. The staff is composed by different individuals and answers to the lead manager. As lead manager reports should be sent to the store owner and look after the facilities and service the restaurant has to offer.
As with other restaurants customer satisfaction is king and to ensure that a steady flow of customers walk in, every individual and equipment should be working in good condition. Cleanliness is needed to be checked as this plays a major factor on how the customers look at the restaurant as a whole.
Restaurateur/General Manager
- Salary: The usual salary for this position ranges from $41,000 to $60,000 and experience is usually considered in getting a higher salary.
- Bonuses: Restaurant owner has the discretion in giving out bonuses. The amount can differ and can be anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000. It’s a decent amount to have on top of the salary.
- Profit Sharing: Plenty of restaurants do not offer profit sharing and Chipotle doesn’t have this option as well.
- Stock Options: Owners do not share the stores with employees and this result in stock options not being offered.
Kitchen Manager
- Salary: Experience is considered when identifying the salary and kitchen managers get $19,000 to $21,000 annually. Their hourly rate is between $10.00 and $11.00.
- Bonuses: Cash bonuses are currently not being offered to shift managers.
- Profit Sharing: No other salary package is provided by the company aside from the basic pay.
- Stock Options: Again, no other bonus incentive is provided to the employees.
General Manager
- Salary: General Managers are given the amount of $38,000 to $46,000 as basic pay and experience is greatly considered.
- Bonuses: A bonus between $5,000 and $7,000 is included as incentive for general managers.
- Profit Sharing: There may be cash bonus but that’s the only incentive being offered at the meantime.
- Stock Options: Stock options are not offered to employees with this title.
Restaurant Manager
- Salary: Starting pay for this position is at $40,000 and can go up to $45,000 if the experience and background is exceptional
- Bonuses: Cash bonus is provided as part of the salary package and ranges from $4,000 to $9,000. Offers differently from one store to another depending on what the owner gives.
- Profit Sharing: You may want to inquire about profit sharing on your restaurant but it is not offered in general.
- Stock Options: No options to get a share for the company are given to employees.
Assistant Restaurant Manager
- Salary: Assistant Managers get a decent basic pay of $31,000 to $32,000. Previous experience can greatly affect the amount to be received.
- Bonuses: Some restaurants offer cash bonus and all of them offers a fix amount of $1,500.
- Profit Sharing: An option to share profit isn’t considered by the company.
- Stock Options: Stock options are also not taken into consideration.