How Chipotle became a Wall Street darling — and a 'Wall of Shame' employer

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How Chipotle became a Wall Street darling — and a 'Wall of Shame' employer

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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.
"I didn't notice a lot of bad things at…

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