Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,803 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,803 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Panera Bread employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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19K reviews
2.0
Dec 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible and chill environment to work

Cons

Lack of training for some tasks

3.0
Dec 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay slightly higher than other Job itself was not hard

Cons

Poor upper management Unorganized Favoritism Expected to work 50 hrs a week

3.0
Dec 19, 2025

just okay

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance in the city

Cons

Scheduling could be better Managers could be better

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