Working at Taco Bell — Reviews by Employees

This is by far the worst job I've ever had. In these desperate times, I applied at Taco Bell hoping to make a living. I spent a month calling them 3 times a week before I finally got an interview. After 5 months I'm still making minimum wage and getting between 6 and 18 hours a week. A woman I work with is in the same position and was crying because she couldn't pay her electric bill. The manager just shrugged and walked away. The few people that get full time hours are friends with the manager. I get called in all the time to work 2 or 3 hours and never turn them down. I hoped that being reliable and hard- working would pay off, but I'm clearly going nowhere. The atmosphere is completely unprofessional. Recently, a man was fired for yelling that he wanted to have sex with little boys. The only reason he was fired is because a customer called to complain about it. Also, any health codes we're supposed to abide by are totally ignored. Is it standard practice to save the old food every night and serve it the next day? You should only work at Taco Bell if you're a high- school kid or you like starving and not being able to pay your bills while being strung along with the hopes of more hours.

Pay- It's minimum wage. It's nice if you're a teenager and just need extra cash like I did.

Respect- I loved the shift managers. The GM was only concerned about himself. I felt like a burden because of my young age, but only from him. It was a part time job. By no means a career, but working close to 30 hours a week at 16? Come on. I have a life, family, and school. Those are my priorites.

Benefits- I didn't expect any. It was part-time.

Job Security- Don't be lazy or show up high. Those are the main ways to get axed. I saw so many people fired on the spot for showing up high. They will honestly hire anybody, but if you're not lazy or stupid enough to smoke a blunt before work you have nothing to worry about.

Work/Life Balance- WHAT A JOKE. I had to fight for time off. Like I said, I was still in school and it was difficult to get a single day off.

Career Growth- Any experience you have at the bottom of the totem pole will change your mind completely about even thinking about advancement.

Location- I lived maybe 5 minutes away.

Coworker competence- I absolutely loved my coworkers. Got along with everyone.

Work environment- Decent, but only because of my coworkers. The customers are generally very blunt and rude. But just be nice to them. It drives them crazy.

they will hire any one
i meat my x there so read how that crap hole killed my life
To Whom it may Concern:

Hi my name is Joshua White. I am contacting you because I have no where else to go. Every other place that I have been to or contacted told me that they don't consider it important.

I consider the safety, well being, and developement of my child of the up most importance. This is why I called hundred of places, made contact with hundreds of lawyers, and legal aid.

It started back in June of 2009 when my son Riley Block-White got second degree burns on 40% of his lower body when in the care of his mother Christina Block. By a daycare provider/friend that she paid to watch the child on the two days that I his father didn't have him. On the second day that she had him I came to pickup my son Riley, before I even got out of the vehcile she informed me not to get angery. Then proceded to get him out of her vehcile noticed that in his diaper that he had a blue wash cloth in it. At that time she informed my that he got burnt and has already seen the doctor about the burn. At that time I took him to my home and called the doctor out here, and asked him what I should do about the burn and told me the correct medicine and gauze to place on the burn. I set up an appointment for him to get checked out. In the mean time Christina received him back and took him to the hospital where DHS was contacted by the hospital. At that
time DHS had a meeting/interview with Christina at the end of that meeting DHS decide to place Riley in my care. Christina was not aloud to have in contact or visitation with Riley until the investigation was complete. It was about two to three before she could have in my home visitation with a DHS worker. After about three weeks of supervised visitation in my home she got supervised visit in her home for fours hours with a Tanager worker three times a week. Then procede to give her semi supervised visitation three times a week. At that time they still had concern for medical attention of Riley in her care, because he was returned to me from a visit with his mother with a 104 temperature where I had to take him to a hospital to get checked. After they voiced that concern with Christina they procede to give overnight visitation with Riley two times a week. At that time I was informed by the DHS worker that they were going to press medical neglect and
child in dangerment charges againist her. The visitation continued with the overnights until February of 2010 when the DHS case finally came to a close. At that time we had a verbal agreement in fornt of DHS worker, Tanager worker, and my attorny at the time, that we will continue the visit as it was set by DHS. At the time of court both Christina Block and I had feeling that one of us was going to try and keep Riley from the other. I have been compliant with the visitations and have been following what we verbally agreed upon for visit with Riley.

As of late April of 2010 Christina Block has decide to not return Riley Block-White after the agreed upon visit. She has refused to make any contact, including phone calls or letters. I have been trying to contact her over 200+ times seen she has decide to keep Riley. She has refused to answer any of my phone calls and has sent me straight to voice mail, where I procede to leave messages for her to contact me to talk about Riley. As of late May of 2010 she has contacted me via phone, and procede to say that I can set up visitations with my son Riley. At that time I asked her why she procede to keep Riley from having any contact with me his father for a month. She procede to reply that she didn't want me to keep Riley from her. When I have been following what we agreed upon for visitation of Riley. As of today I have not seen or heard from my son Riley. All I have been trying to do is get my son back home with me. I am not asking to keep Riley from his
mother, I believe a child should have both parents envoled in his life. All I am asking is help to get visit with my son.

If there is any way that you know anyone that can help me that would be great. They can contact me at:
Joshua White
21664 Business Hwy 151 Lot#1
Monticello, Ia 52310
or email me at: joshuawhi6502@yahoo.com

i have been completely harassed and verbally abused since I've been there. I get criticism for being 4 minutes late, but when a manager is 3 hours late, no action is taken. I hate going there. i dread it every single day.

i have been completely harassed and verbally abused since I've been there. I get criticism for being 4 minutes late, but when a manager is 3 hours late, no action is taken. I hate going there. i dread it every single day.

i have been completely harassed and verbally abused since I've been there. I get criticism for being 4 minutes late, but when a manager is 3 hours late, no action is taken. I hate going there. i dread it every single day.

I'm a Shift Manager at a Taco Bell, My GM is awesome, I love my crew, Its a Job, it has its ups and its downs, I do my best to create a positive work environment, but thats kind of hard when you have an assistant manager who is jealous of you cuz I do a better job than him, and nobody complains about how I sexually harass them even when I do cuz they like it when I do it, not his old fat, married ass. But anyways this fucker decides to tell the whole crew one night that they should get together and jump me after a couple of team members came up to him and pretty much told him that I'm a tactless asshole who tells it like it is, which is true but its also why I'm good at my job and most people respect my opinion, especially the GM. And employees complain to me all the time about him, they say he threated to write them up for not staying later than their scheduled time (illegal) and a lot of them complain about him sexually harassing them. I was supposed to get a raise from $7.75 to $8.25 about 6 months ago, for my manager training raise, but that never happened, now I'm running great shifts, making outstanding numbers, getting customers to call the survey, and we are making bonus every month. And I still am making $7.75 an hour. My area coach came in and stared at the other shift manager's ass for 5 hours and gave her $9.00 an hour 3 months after she got promoted, and here I am 6 months into it. and I'm just as good as a manager as she is, and I'm eating shit for 7.75. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, I just hate the fact that I'm making a shiteating fucking wage.

this place is a joke, i love the job its self, but everything else that it involves, SUCKS. im treated like shit everytime i work. i do everything i can for them and i get shit back. i usually work 30-40 hrs weekly. but recently i go from 30+ down to 15-20hrs per week. im trying to start a life and they just fuck with everything. the 8hr days suck, i love standing on my feet the entire time without a break. something needs to be done about that. sometimes i even stay for like 10 hours because i feel bad for them and stuff. but in repayment i get yelled at for sitting for 30 seconds or if i ask to leave a little early i get "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" from a manager. i had a phych appointment (yeah they made me go insane) and i asked to leave 30 mins early so that i could get to the appointment ontime. i walked in to the GM's office and said "Rich, can i leave 30--" and i got interupted with a "No" Thanks you fuck. i get 1day off a week on the 30+ hours weekly, which is okay, but on that day off i get called in and they are disappointed when i say no and they cant figure out why. wtf serio? they treat you like a slave. who cares if you get paid 7.35 per hour. and i make more than the average employee because i bitched that i wasnt making minimum on my 2nd job.by the way, im only 18 almost 19 and ive been working there for more than a year. i got no paid vacation. even though i expected none. having these people walk all over me is a mistake, but i need the little bit of money i get from them to survive...

I worked at Taco bell for a week shy of a year.This is what they do to you, they say oh this is a great place to work, amazing benefits hours, and you will get a raise in 3 months of working here. LIes lies and more lies. I was a shift leader at my store and was supposed to be promoted to asst. that never happned because my area coach was more concerned with kissing my corps ass then to take the time to talk to his stores or his crews and if you mention anything to him he would brush it off and move on with his day. I was injuried a this postion and they treated me horribly i had a gm that would make fun of me for not being able to lift anything , questioned me about my personal life , like why did you get married when show me the ring, that is none of their business.

They schedule you horrible hours, you never get to see your family , and oh no overtime even though you hit over time have to clock out and wait for the next manager to come on duty because if you leave you will be termed from your position. they dont offer any benefits the the crew or the shift leaders. horrible pay 7.25 for crew and 8.00 for management (shift lead) i missed my childrens birthdays school events because no one could or would cover my shifts but taco bell says family comes first and for most yeah right all lies.

This is what i did at my store, i was like the mom of the store really they called me mom, but yet i had to be the boss. i would get their shifts covered if their sick i would save their jobs so that they could feed their families because tacobell likes to fire people alot for no reason at all. So what happens i get a new Gm and then she hires her former employees from another fast food place. She hires a former employee that was fired for stealing alot of money and even from her shifts then that employee brags about it at my store. So this said employee was written up 4 x count them 4 times for stealing per Taco Bell policy and procedure you can have 3 write ups for the same thing and then your fird, i watched my gm rip up her term papers because their friends and she wasnt suppose to be allowed on cash registers again, not even 3 weeks later yes i said 3 weeks she is on a till again. i reported this to my area coach and my HR and yet nothing was done, i coach my manager trainees on the proper way to do things and write them up for treating my crew bad withing a day of me writing up 2 people i was on suspension for sexual harrassment. literally this coming froma person that cant stand couple relationships at my job i frown upon it and talk to my crew how it is innappropriate to look and make comments about guest all of the time . And then they gang up against me and file false reports on me, literally the things that they were doing that i documented they turned on me and i was fired of it,. wow what a great company no paper trail on me but they will tak the words of theives and horrible managers in my store.

**** so this is what i am stressing to you DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY!!!!!!!*******

Oh yeah i was supposed to be getting my 1 week paid vacay time and they fired me 1 week yes i said 1 week before i earned it. Wow what a great company this isnt corp this is franchise in idaho beware of this company they will ruin your life even though you have 2 kids and one on hte way to support. but they dont care if you turned the store that you worked in a profit , clean store that was suffering before you came there and bring repeat business too
!!!!!

Pay - minimum wage. I worked there for about 7 months so i didn't expect it to change.

Respect - if respect is getting back-stabbed a lot by fellow managers then yeah i got a lot of respect. One of our managers was terrible, telling everyone she was going to fire us left and right without even having a really good reason. She was always talking so terrible behind everyones backs, even the general manager! Then I would see those same employees she just backstabbed come in for work and she would be so friendly and kind...i wondered what she said about me...Also very berating.

Benefits - i was working part time so i wasn't expecting any.

Job Security - Well i wasn't going to get fired because I believed I did a really good job when I was working there. Even on our slow days I was always doing something. I became really good at the cash register, getting things done very fast. So i didn't think my job was in danger.

Work/Life Balance - It was soooo horrible! I would give them my schedule almost a month in advance before they were evening working on schedules for two weeks to come and they would still schedule me on days that they knew i had to have off. There were many times were one manager would put me on the schedule and i would come in for that day, and then one of the other managers had taken me off! I don't even remember how many times i had to call my mom telling her that i wasn't on the schedule...and my had told me she just called the other day and asked and I was supposed to be working that day! They badgered me constantly to work days that I couldn't because I was either all the way in Kearney with my dad on the weekends or I was working my other jobs. It was the worst experience i have ever had.

Career Potential/Growth - if you work at it its pretty easy to get a higher job there. One of my employees came in after i was highered and he was able to become either a manager or an assistant manager in less than two months. he was a very wonderful employee to work with.

Location - great. it was only five minutes away from my mom's house. However it was about an hour from my dad's, which i tried to explain to my managers...not that they ever listened.

Co-worker Competence - the girls were either nice or mean, and all the guys were exceptionally nice, although some would be border-line creepy. when your the new girl it's very easy to get swept up in the nice comments you will more than likely recieve form the fellow male workers. I did and it turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Stick to the "No romance in the work place" rule and everything will be fine.

Work Environment - The work environment was always so negative and i felt like i would die if i stayed around those people for two long. we had our laughs but even then we would get yelled at for laughing at something. It was always a tiring experience everytime i was scheduled to work there. Besides the people, the place itself was dangerous. Employees were always getting hut there (either burned or cut) and nothing was done about it. There was also mold growing underneath some of the appliances that smelled really bad and when the managers were told about it they said it was just rust! Even after it was cleaned, it smelled. And then it would come back!