Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,809 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,809 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
3.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Not really any pros to this job

Cons

Could be a very good job with good management

1.0
Oct 31, 2025

Not worth it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The food and the people.

Cons

The corporation itself makes it really hard to put out a quality product. They have really outdone themselves.

2.0
Oct 31, 2025

go elsewhere

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

—free food on shift —some cool coworkers

Cons

—did the work of 3 men for the pay of 1 —belittled and looked down upon for asking clarifying questions as a new hire —expected to know everything before ever having been on the line —ineffective “training” (elearning does not work) —often not given breaks on shift, even when working eight hours straight —grueling and painful, would often come home and collapse because of the amount of pain my body was in —misgendered all the time by coworkers

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