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How To Make $99,000 In Fast Food

The compensation package for a Chipotle general manager can exceed $99,000 annually.

Fast food may not be known for its high-earning potential, but become a general manager at Chipotle and you could be rolling in more than just burritos.  The compensation package for a Chipotle restauranteur—or general manager—hovers around $99,000 a year, CBS Los Angeles reports.

An entry-level employee at Chipotle Mexican Grill makes about $21,000 a year plus benefits, but those employees can work their way up, sometimes fairly quickly. One restauranteur CBS Los Angeles interviewed, Lidia Castillo, went from a service manager to general manager in less than a year.

In 2011, 97 percent of Chipotle's salaried managers were promoted from hourly positions within Chipotle, the restaurant's website states.

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The employees who make it to the top of the ladder possess the 13 qualities Chipotle says make an ideal employee. Those characteristics, Castillo told CBS Los Angeles, are: “Conscientious, respectful, hospitable, high energy, infectiously enthusiastic, happy, presentable, smart, polite, motivated, ambitious, curious, and honest."

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According to the Chipotle website, the Chipotle in Wayne  is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

The Mexican grill is also hiring at other nearby locations. Visit Chipotle's career website for more information.


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