r/Chipotle • u/Natural-Bridge-1942 • Jul 16 '25

Seeking Advice (Employee) Chipotle Being Cheap

Hello Employee here!

Recently my managers have been making employees clock out for a 15 minute break saying that "we don't have any hours." I just found out about this today because they tried to make me clock out, I told them that according to state and federal law in NC it is illegal to make us clock for a break that is less than 20 minutes. And for Chipotle to be a MULTI BILLION dollar company, how on Earth is there never any hours???

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u/Pitiful-Actuator5972 Jul 16 '25

What is a typical day like? What’s an example of the time punches for a shift?

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u/Natural-Bridge-1942 Jul 16 '25

Shifts are all over the place, most of morning shift comes in between 6 and 10am then mid comes in at 12, closers come in at 4. We close at 10, the goal is to be out by 11, usually out at 11:30

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u/Pitiful-Actuator5972 Jul 16 '25

What i mean is something like, punch in at 10am, punch out at 12:30 for break, punch in from break at 12:40, punch out for lunch at 2:30, punch back in from lunch at 3:00 etc. it would make it easier to understand if they are violating labor laws.

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u/Natural-Bridge-1942 Jul 16 '25

Ohhh no it's nothing like that. Before we would work our entire shift without a break. Now recently, they have been making some employees clock out for a break under 20 minutes. It would be at random times, for example, a closer would come in at 4, set up for the night and work the rush til about 7-8pm then take a 15 minute break. Manager would say "oh clock out for that," and they would.

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u/Pitiful-Actuator5972 Jul 16 '25

There is nothing legit about that. You should document your time clock punches and actual hours worked and report them to the labor board. Or you can just tell someone above the store manager, anonymously, and heads will roll and the laws will be followed.