Why Chipotle Hasn’t Been Affected By The Great Resignation, According To Its CEO
Facebook By Chase Shustack/Feb. 15, 2022 12:13 pm EST
It’s something you’ve been starting to notice more often than not nowadays. Help Wanted signs, posters advertising sign-on bonuses, even Facebook posts from companies claiming they are in desperate need of help. With over 4.5 million people resigning from their jobs in November 2021 to search for better pay and better working conditions (via SHRM), many companies in the service sector are starting to feel the pinch. A Burger King in Nebraska became a media hotbed in July 2021, as fed-up workers resigned and walked out en masse, sick of the poor treatment and uncaring corporate attitude (via Civil Eats). McDonald’s has even begun increasing benefits to try and keep workers while still attracting new ones (via QSR Magazine). Be it pandemic-related reasons or low pay, it seems that fast food has taken a severe blow as what has become “The Great Resignation.”
Yet it seems that one company has managed to keep afloat among a sea of harsh “I quit” notes and resignation papers. How is Chipotle, the Mexican food-based fast-food company, doing so well while others are floundering and fighting for workers?
Why Chipotle Hasn’t Been Affected By The Great Resignation, According To Its CEO
By Chase Shustack/Feb. 15, 2022 12:13 pm EST
It’s something you’ve been starting to notice more often than not nowadays. Help Wanted signs, posters advertising sign-on bonuses, even Facebook posts from companies claiming they are in desperate need of help. With over 4.5 million people resigning from their jobs in November 2021 to search for better pay and better working conditions (via SHRM), many companies in the service sector are starting to feel the pinch. A Burger King in Nebraska became a media hotbed in July 2021, as fed-up workers resigned and walked out en masse, sick of the poor treatment and uncaring corporate attitude (via Civil Eats). McDonald’s has even begun increasing benefits to try and keep workers while still attracting new ones (via QSR Magazine). Be it pandemic-related reasons or low pay, it seems that fast food has taken a severe blow as what has become “The Great Resignation.”
Yet it seems that one company has managed to keep afloat among a sea of harsh “I quit” notes and resignation papers. How is Chipotle, the Mexican food-based fast-food company, doing so well while others are floundering and fighting for workers?
Yet it seems that one company has managed to keep afloat among a sea of harsh “I quit” notes and resignation papers. How is Chipotle, the Mexican food-based fast-food company, doing so well while others are floundering and fighting for workers?
The company raised prices to increase wages
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During a recent quarterly earnings call with investors, Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol claimed that the Great Resignation hasn’t happened at Chipotle, thanks to the pay increase of $15 dollars per hour (via Business Insider). In the same call, Niccol claimed that sales were in fact up by 19.3% from the past year, as digital ordering has found a place at Chipotle. This increase in sales has attracted more workers, with Chipotle seeking to hire 20,000 employees to fill 200 locations. While rising wages have kept Chipotle employees on board, there have been times when employees have resigned en masse; such a case occurred in November 2021, involving a manager and several Chipotle employees at a Kentucky location (via The Daily Dot).
