Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,785 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,785 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
1.0
Mar 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great food -Great coworkers -Customer base is generally kind

Cons

-Pay sucked and management was terrified of higher ups -Too much work for as little pay as you get -No raises EVER

1.0
Oct 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some experienced employees are helpful as are associate managers and shift supervisors.

Cons

Terribly disorganized, managers have hair triggers and are aloof to new employees. Additional duites are piled on while still expecting you to perform your current duites (and the extra) in the alloted time frame. New hires are not treated well, which is surprising since one would think they would care about employee retention. No points for having a brain, mental maturity and a willingness to go the extra mile. There is a weekly hourly labor limit that they don't tell you about when hired, so don't expect full time employment. You can expect to be sent home in the middle of a shift because of this limit. No matter how fast you move, they will expect you to move faster.

2.0
Oct 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced work environment Discount on food Opportunity to learn different "modules"

Cons

Unreliable co-workers. They call in, and if you know how to do their job, management will ask you to do double duty. Dirty (depending on store) Stingy when it comes to paying their employees Horrible "training" program. Once you have your three modules, management basically forgets about you.

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