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How Chipotle Became a Wall Street Star, and a 'Wall of Shame' Employer

How Chipotle Became a Wall Street Star, and a 'Wall of Shame' Employer
business8/10/2025

Chipotle's fortunes soared under a fast-food CEO. Employees say they paid the price.

In 2017, Jacob Schneider, then 16, landed his first job at a Chipotle in Lawrence, Kansas. It offered "decent" pay for a person his age, he says, above minimum wage, as well as robust training. "I learned how to do my job really fast," he tells me. "... [24082 chars]