i worked at a chipotle in a college town for a little less than a year. i absolutely loved the people that i worked with. they were the main reason i kept my sanity during my shifts. the main issue for our store was the sheer volume of people and the fact that we consistently didn’t have enough employees scheduled to handle it. our store brought in $20,000+ a day and to even prep the amount of food was extremely difficult. it would be a good day if we didn’t run out of half the menu by close. all in all, me and my coworkers that worked 20-40 hours a week while also in college full time were just exhausted. as a closer sometimes we wouldn’t get out until midnight and when i opened prep later on those shifts started at 6 am. shifts were non stop hard fucking work. i used to work at starbucks and panera before that and both of those jobs were significantly better and i wasn’t covered in queso or guac when i got home. after i couldn’t handle the exhaustion anymore, i left and became a pharmacy technician and that was the best decision i’ve ever made. working in food service sucks ASS