First Bite

Chipotle, Starbucks workers are citing burnout. Why?


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While restaurant operators continue to struggle with both labor costs and employee retention, the foodservice industry may very well have deeper employee-side problems. According to a study of Glassdoor reviews just released from BBADegree.org (an organization that provides resources for prospective business professionals seeking higher education), workers in the restaurant and foodservice industry complain about burnout the most, as compared with other industries.

Chipotle Mexican Grill scored a 97.72 out of 100 on the organization’s burnout rating score, second only to Progressive Insurance as the workplace with the most complaints of burnout, with “stressful” being the most common word used to describe the workplace environment. According to the Glassdoor reviews that mentioned burnout, Starbucks was also in the top 10 companies out of the 550+ companies surveyed. As non-franchised organizations, the reviews of both Starbucks and Chipotle are overwhelmingly from corporate employees.  

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