Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center

Applicants face a question when applying for an internship: Which should I pursue? Would you advise future interns to pursue one over the other? Might interns find success pursuing a little of both? Tell us your advice in the comments!

“Co-Ops at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center do projects that make a valuable impact on the business and show genuine care for people.    During my Co-Op semesters in Supply Chain, one of the projects I worked on was using material science to support a solution to a slightly stinky challenge.      Through a quality control submission tool, we learned that some of the garbage bags at our local restaurants have been ripping too easily. Bags would break at times, so some Team Members were double bagging as a safeguard.     In response, we are working with several restaurant Owner-Operators to gain feedback on a possible new material for these garbage bags. We recommended testing a different type of polyethylene with a higher tensile strength (the max you can stretch something before it breaks), so it shouldn’t pull apart as easily.    We completed the testing and submitted the project for review. Although there have been no approvals yet, what I found exciting was the chance to see how a small product material change could have the possibility of making such a meaningful impact.    If the garbage bag reliability can be increased, the Chick-fil-A restaurant Team Members are more supported. Then, they can demonstrate even better care for Guests in the dining room. If restaurants use one bag instead of two, that could potentially mean product cost savings. But best of all, the Team Members can get home to their family or friends at the end of their workday, without encountering an unpleasant and surprising mess.     During my Co-Op semesters, and now working as a full-time Staff member in Supplier Quality and Safety, I have discovered that caring for others is the best part of this job. Saving money for the business is cool, but making a difference for our people is so fulfilling.”    Emmaline Zeiler, former Co-Op, now Sr. Project Specialist, Supplier Quality and Safety    #LifeAtChickfilAInc  #SupplyChain  #ChickfilACoOp 

“My family moved to the US from Venezuela when I was growing up. I learned English in middle school, adapted to a new culture and relocated multiple times.     After going through those challenges, I discovered that there’s nothing I cannot figure out.     Working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant through high school and college, I found that my problem-solving skills equipped me to take on increasing responsibilities.    And this year, I was beyond excited to participate in a summer internship at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center. I used my restaurant experience, leadership skills and college education in Marketing to ‘figure out’ a plan for a project that was super meaningful to me.    You see, in the restaurants, we celebrate Chick-fil-A-branded events like “Sunshine Days” to inspire kindness and the “Summer of Cows” to encourage fun.     But at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center, staff may sometimes feel disconnected from these events.     So, one of my internship projects was to bring those brand activations to life at Chick-fil-A's Atlanta-based corporate offices.     One critical part of making this happen was cross-functional collaboration. I worked hard to coordinate with multiple departments including Campus Experience, Brand, Communications and Culture to ensure that our activations were aligned with each of these teams and the valuable work that they do.    The end product? We built standard operating procedures for tentpole activations at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center using marketing visuals, fun activities, giveaways and more.     The goal was to boost the connection between corporate staff and the restaurants so that staff can provide even better support. And that connection is already growing - the first activation went live in July!    For me, the work allowed me to contribute value in the field that I’m most passionate about – marketing – for the brand that I have grown to love so much – Chick-fil-A!”    - Diego Gonzalez, Chick-fil-A Summer 2024 former Intern    #LifeAtChickfilAInc  #ChickfilASummerIntern  #SummerInternship    To search and apply for Chick-fil-A internship opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/eviDBazH

"When I applied for Chick-fil-A Inc.’s summer internship at the Corporate Support Center, I was worried that someone like me – an undergraduate student from a small college – wouldn’t be selected.     I learned quickly that it wasn’t the size of my college that mattered – it was the heart I put into the process.    It took me two years of applying to get in, but once I put my full effort and passion into the application and interviews, my persistence paid off. I was thrilled to make the cut for an internship and get real-world work experience related to my field of study - Marketing.     I had worked at a Chick-fil-A restaurant before applying for the internship, but once I worked at the Corporate Support Center, I could see the company from a broader perspective – and I fell in love with the Chick-fil-A brand even more."    - Diego Gonzalez, Chick-fil-A, Inc. Summer 2024 former Intern    #LifeAtChickfilAInc  #ChickfilASummerIntern To search and apply for Chick-fil-A internship opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/eviDBazH

Students - Chick-fil-A, Inc. 2025 Internship and Co-Op positions are now posted online!    Discover the possibilities and view open positions on the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center Careers page.     Internship positions: https://lnkd.in/eviDBazH    Co-Op positions: https://lnkd.in/eTkNdCyq    #ChickfilAInterns  #ChickfilACoOps 

Joining a new team comes with excitement and first-day butterflies. Integrating new team members intentionally is a talent. Which way do you think works best? 1 🥣 Team bonding lunch 2 👥 1:1s with everyone on the team 3 🤓 Shadow a coworker 4 ⬇️ Something else (comment below)

“I wanted to work somewhere I’d be encouraged to care for those around me. I wanted to be part of a company that really cares for the people who work there. I wanted to be in an environment where I could help develop others — and where development is a given. I wanted to experience an alignment of culture and values.     I found all of that at Chick-fil-A, Inc.”    — Chandler Condra, Operator Technology Solutions, Digital Transformation & Technology       #Tech #WorkFullofCare  #LifeatChickfilAInc 

"When it’s time for me to retire and leave Chick-fil-A, Inc., I don’t think I’m solely going to be thinking back on all of the real estate deals I was involved in. I’m going to be reflecting on the people who I met, the people who I led, the people who I got to serve. At the end of the day, what I’ll think about are the individuals and the relationships. And that’s because we truly have a culture of care. The thing about care, is it’s easy to turn it into a throw-around word. And that’s dangerous. Because when it’s just words, people feel that. With a real culture of care, there have to be multiple ways that care is manifested and delivered to people. All of them are important, and all of them matter. I'm a people leader. Sometimes people experience life events that are really hard. Of course we're accountable for making sure that people are doing their job. But there are some times when life is more important. And there are more concrete ways that we express care. At Chick-fil-A, care manifests in our benefits and compensation. We have our health insurance premiums paid for. We have a pension — unheard of these days — as well as a 401(k) match. There’s also a child care center on-campus, open to staff based on availability. We get our lunch paid for every day that we’re in the office. And we hire people who will continue to exhibit and spread an attitude of care.” — Sean Warren, New Restaurants Real Estate Team    #LifeatChickfilAInc  #WorkFullofCare  #ServantLeadership 

"When I talk about Chick-fil-A, Inc., the main thing I tell people about is the opportunities we have for growth — especially in my role, as a software engineer in Chick-fil-A's Digital Fellow Program. It is such a big investment for Chick-fil-A in me as an individual. That is just not a common thing in other companies." — Julianny Pinott Velez, Software Engineer, Digital Fellow Program #Tech #LifeatChickfilAInc #SoftwareEngineering 

“In college I had an idea of tech and what being a programmer would be like. But I didn’t realize how broad tech could be until I got to Chick-fil-A, Inc. In my head, I figured that Chick-fil-A, Inc. had an app and a website and would need to house data. But I had no idea the extent of what happens here.     Now I know that Chick-fil-A builds a great deal of its technology in-house. It’s part of how we ensure our technology can be customized to business needs. We go to generative AI machine learning conferences. We invest hugely in data security. We’re testing delivery drones.  We're training models for restaurant Owner-Operators and Team Members in order to get deep metrics and insights in real time.    There's a lot of really cool stuff going on in DTT — that’s our department of Digital Transformation and Technology. You just don’t understand the tremendous scope of it until you can see all this work first-hand.”    — Julianny Pinott Velez, Software Engineer, Digital Fellow Program    #Tech #LifeatChickfilAInc #SoftwareEngineering