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Laredo Taco Company

I started off at LTC excited about the opportunity, but that barely outlasted training. Hired for the opening of a new store, myself and my team were trained at an alternate location designated a 'training facility', that was in fact a working store. From the way corporate was treating the manager of that location, there were already red flags. Sadly with my positive outlook on things and tendency to 'look on the bright side', I missed those warning signs and was eagerly awaiting the opening of our home store. Originally staffing requirements for our home store were set at 22 people, but we had a total of eight when we opened including my manager and myself. Two of those eight were brand new hires, and as such had to be trained on the fly, the other four we had with use for a couple of weeks of our training time.  A lot of the corporate models and practices are extremely contradictory to the requirements of everyday operations, and lead to a lot of friction between the employees, management, and upper management. Upon opening our store, my manager and myself were having to work 100+ hour weeks because of our staffing problems, which were not remedied anytime soon, and were then warned repeatedly by payroll against doing so, even though we had no choice if they wanted the place operational. So here we are giving our all and more to this company from open to close just about, and instead of being applauded for our drive we are chastised for stacking up too much overtime, all because corporate didn't meet their hiring goals. There are many other examples of unrealistic corporate policy and its detriment to their workers that I could go on and on about, but I'll just wrap up by saying that because of said policy friction I was forced to tender my resignation in light of a better opportunity elsewhere, and will never look back.

This was my first job so I didn't really know what to expect, so when I came there I just accepted things as the norm. I was on my feet the entire time the customers usually were chill but sometimes not. The bad thing though was the sheer amount of stuff you had to get done just working there. For example, we would have to make not just tacos but all the other little things in the gas station so we were making fried chicken, burritos, salads, sandwiches, etc. In addition to that you had to work the register, and prep the food in the back for later. So I had to learn way to much and do way to much when I came there. Then as an icing on the cake they had me wake up at 3 AM to get to work. This may have been due to being understaffed so I wouldn't judge to harshly but still it was a crazy first job and I didn't need a job that badly.

I was excited when i got interviewed and got the job there, until management gave a very huge lack of communication. I gave every bit of my all for them, only to be met with unprofessionalism in the workplace. Bosses texting me hours later instead of calling me, on an old number that should not be on file anymire as i had them update it, little to no accomodations were made for my autism, they cannot seem to keep stories straight because im unsure if im employed or not due to lack of communication, etc. The place would benefit by a complete management overhaul who knows how communication between employer and employee works. Plus some coworkers are not worth the headache there.

What is the best part of working at the company?
High functioning environment!!
The people are very chill and hardworking but the work is very disorganized. This job is great for people who like the rush and is good with costumers. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Disorganization and lack of communication. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture is very fast paced and requires you to be able to juggle multiple tasks at once. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Preparing the foods for the consumer. That can include: cutting vegetables, making masa, making sandwiches, warming up foods. Also taking the costumers orders. (Easy if you KNOW how to do so.)

To me was a good place to work knowing knowledge. But be prepared to be fast and helpful toward everyone. Never just help one area. People should learn cashier, prep, on the line, cook, wash dishes so doesn’t over fill bc when I was there I didn’t always had help on food prep . I can’t always do everything . It’s only me in mornings. People should help a little . And if dishes become overfilled someone should help bring it done. To me if pre help each other out we will be fine.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Free fountain drinks or coffee.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lazy Manager and manager covering up for employee theft.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hostile work environment,  If you report theft by coworkers to Manager you then become a target.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Open at 3:30 coworker is usually 2 or 3 hours late daily so I do both jobs until help arrives.  Struggle through the day to catch up since coworker is always late ( and no consequences) Night shift always late at least 30 minutes or more everyday therefore I'm stuck there until relief comes.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Going home 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything it’s is horribly run from the top down they will lie to you mislead you about what your actual position is, abuse you verbally, possibly dislike you based on race, or discriminate against you based on disability.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic very toxic 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Doing everything while everyone gets along and chats calling me slow although I’m doing prep dishes and making to food for the lunch flip then I have to do inventory or the order, as a regular associate.

In their defense, the Laredo Taco/Stripes Co. had just opened the store in Lake Charles of which I was an employee. I worked for the Laredo Taco company which housed many issues. Staff was out of control with consistently calling out and not suffering any repercussions. Our inventory was never done correctly, so we were always running out of our customers most loved items. And the advertisements were always incorrect in the store. Either promoting items we had served and no longer did, or just incorrect item pricing.

I was hired on to be a Gm of a brand new Laredo taco that opened three months ago that was failing as the whole management crew walked out. It has been a experience I’ll tell you. The main problems are that we have a recruiter that hires people for my store and for Laredo. Most of the employees that he hires are expecting to work for speedway as a cashier. And then they force them to work in the restaurant and it makes for a bad start to a employee relationship. So most of my time is spent training new employees that don’t want to be here. 

This Laredo in Lake Charles has been open since January and has gone through more managers than I have ever seen a company go through. Hardly any of the same original people are still here. They are not fair with pay. They hire some people at 9 an hour and others have even started at 10. Favoritism at its best. I would never recommend anyone working here. Regardless of how great of a worker you are don't even ask for a raise because you won't get one. Rude people and so disorganized. They expect more from you than possible. I wish I would have never worked here.

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