Meet Jonathan, Portillo’s Crew Chief and U.S. Army Fire Support Specialist

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I’m Jonathan Martin. I was a fire support specialist in the U.S. Armay

My name is Tom Mater. I was in the US Army as a specialist and currently, for Portillo’s, I’m a general manager out in Tempe, Arizona and I’ve been with Portillo’s now 13 years.

Really when I got out of the military was kind of how to manage and how to lead with purpose, how to do things with a sense of urgency, working with a team and working shoulder to shoulder with everybody it’s kind of like the same thing we do here at Portillo’s. Everybody’s reaching for a common goal, so this minute you walked in everyone’s very welcoming. The culture is like outstanding. So you don’t feel like you’re isolated, you feel like you’re part of something bigger than yourself. So that’s kind of what Portillo’s is all about.

You do have the camaraderie that you have in the military, you work with a team, no one’s left behind. We all have fun every day. We bring the energy, we come with a sense of purpose. Whether you’re old or young, when you come in or out of the military, there’s a place for you here at Portillo.

I can’t imagine working anywhere else. I hope that I’m here for another 25 years.

I’m jonathan martin. I was a fire support specialist in the U.S. army, and then in the National Guard, and now I am with Portillo’s as a Crew Chief.

I decided on the Army because I wanted to make the commitment. I wanted to be part of something that was bigger. I can tell Dick Portillo had a hand in the training based on his military service. There’s an atmosphere here that quality is important, people are important, they’re very friendly, everybody knows them and I wanted to be a part of that.

In the military and in Portillo’s, it’s good to have teamwork. We have big brigade here, probably larger than the one I dealt with in the Military. This is a very defined job, it’s very structured much like the military is. You know, you have objectives, you got to meet, and you work with the team that wants to support you.

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