Chipotle Partners with Guild Education to Offer Employees Exceptional Education Benefits
August 08 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Employees can pay as little as $250 per year to earn college
credits or complete a degree
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced a new partnership
with Guild Education to give Chipotle employees an opportunity to
earn college credits and pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Between Chipotle’s existing tuition reimbursement program (which
offers up to $5,250 per year) and an additional $5,815 in available
federal grants for those who qualify, Chipotle employees can pay as
little as $250 per year to go to college.
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Chipotle employees can now pay as little
as $250 per year to earn college credits or complete a degree.
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Through the program with Guild Education, Chipotle employees can
pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees, take college courses or
attend graduate school at little to no cost, earn a GED, or study
English as a second language. Employees have access of up to $5,250
annually in tuition reimbursement from Chipotle, and an additional
$5,815 in federal grants for qualified applicants in undergraduate
programs. Through these programs and the discounted tuition offered
to Chipotle employees by Guild Education, many participants can
complete their degree for as little as $250 per year.
“Attracting and retaining teams of top performers is one of the
key drivers of our business, and we are always looking for ways to
enhance the benefits we offer to help us do that,” said Monty
Moran, co-CEO at Chipotle. “We’ve seen a lot of success and
participation with our existing tuition reimbursement program, and
through this new partnership with Guild Education, we can offer our
employees even more assistance and opportunities to pursue their
education.”
Guild Education offers a variety of online classes, programs and
more than 30 degrees from top-ranked universities, including
Colorado State University’s Global Campus, Bellevue University and
Western Governors University. Chipotle employees can complete
courses while also continuing to work at Chipotle.
The programs help Chipotle employees gain credit for their past
college coursework and up to 44 transfer credit hours for
on-the-job training in crew, kitchen manager, service manager and
apprentice manager positions. Participants complete their classes
online, allowing them to work at their own pace and with the
support of a Guild Education personal college and career adviser
who will support them throughout their program.
In addition to its tuition reimbursement program, which was
expanded to include hourly employees in 2015, Chipotle offers other
competitive benefits including paid sick leave and vacation for all
employees, including hourly workers; health, dental and vision
insurance; a 401(k) matching program; employee stock purchase
program; and the opportunity for twice-annual merit increases and
an annual bonus.
Chipotle employs more than 60,000 people and is constantly
looking for top performers to join its team. Interested applicants
can visit careers.chipotle.com for more career information.
ABOUT CHIPOTLE
Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO, started Chipotle with
the idea that food served fast did not have to be a typical fast
food experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a focused menu
of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla)
and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared
using classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive
atmosphere. Through our vision of Food With Integrity, Chipotle is
seeking better food from using ingredients that are not only fresh,
but that — where possible — are sustainably grown and raised
responsibly, with respect for the animals, the land and the farmers
who produce the food. In order to achieve this vision, we focus on
building a special people culture that is centered on creating
teams of top performers empowered to achieve high standards. This
people culture not only leads to a better dining experience for our
customers, it also allows us to develop future leaders from within.
Chipotle opened with a single restaurant in 1993 and operates more
than 2,000 restaurants, including 20 Chipotle restaurants outside
the U.S. and 15 ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen restaurants, and
is an investor in an entity that owns and operates three Pizzeria
Locale restaurants. For more information, visit Chipotle.com.
ABOUT GUILD EDUCATION
Guild Education works with organizations to offer Education as a
Strategic Benefit to their employees, with an end-to-end solution
to reshape tuition reimbursement policies to aligning business
goals with affordable education programs that employees love.
Education as a Strategic Benefit is designed to support the goals
and aspirations of employees for higher education advancement and
degree completion, while improving organizations' corporate
recruitment and retention efforts. Guild works with non-profit
universities and learning providers to offer a consortium of
classes, programs and college degrees, including Bellevue
University, Western Governors University and Colorado State
University's Global Campus. To learn more, visit
www.GuildEducation.com.
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