I recently got a new job (working at Chipotle), and I’m surprised at how not horrible it is. I applied and during orientation told them that I can only work Monday-Thursday and they said that was fine. I got a cold between my orientation and my first day so I called off and they were cool with it and it changed nothing. Everyone is eligible for benefits even if they aren’t full time, you get a full free meal after every shift, people get promoted really quickly (it seems like almost everyone’s a manager if they’ve worked for over a couple of months), and the pay isn’t bad.
I was scheduled Friday this week so I told the GM that I can’t work Friday’s and she said “ok that’s fine” and that was that. It’s company policy that if you call off or request off then you’re off the hook and it’s the manager’s responsibility to find a replacement for the shift. I’m still new but I see absolutely no red flags and a lot of nice things I’ve never experienced before.