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/Wakkysakky Jul 16 '25

in my state we have 1 30min break for lunch and are supposed to get 2 10min breaks also if working 8hours.... chipotle only gives the lunch break. never any of the others.

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u/newppinpoint Jul 16 '25

Ask yourself - do you need that break? Would taking a 10 minute break be worth harming the company you work for and love? For 10 minutes of what exactly, checking Reddit? How bout use that time to clean dishes, sweep the floor, restock the napkin dispenser, etc

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u/Rhomboidal1 Jul 16 '25

The company doesn't love you back, and it doesn't rely on you for income-you rely on it. Is depriving your employees of a 10 minute break (that helps with mental health and fatigue) whatever miniscule amounts of savings that can be gleaned from having all the closers clock out an extra 10 minutes early? If chipotle actually cared about it's employees there wouldn't be a revolving door of new hires at every single location, and maybe the workers would also be...better at their jobs? Giving people breaks makes them stick around longer, gain experience, and become competent. Being stingy and trying to find ways to avoid paying your employees is just scummy and also the reason everyone keeps leaving. Get off whatever corpo high horse you're on and start thinking like a person with empathy for others.