Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,789 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 18,789 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
Apr 22, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some good coworkers, free food, diversity

Cons

Horrible management that expects way too much from high school employees yet doesn’t complete their job or offer help, disgusting environment, management gave all unwanted tasks to high schoolers, never followed employee availability, bad scheduling overall, stressful work environment

2.0
Apr 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My coworkers and the people I’ve met were by far the best part. The flexibility in my schedule is great for school too. It’s great as a first job. I’ve made some amazing friends here. The free food is convenient too.

Cons

They will work you to the ground until you have nothing left to give. You’ll constantly be expected to do the workload of 3 employees for a below average pay. Don’t expect any benefits if you aren’t able to work full time for a full year. They act like they listen and care but do nothing for you. The pay sucks for the workload. Don’t work here if this isn’t a starter job for you or you have nothing better lined up. I have endless complaints and horror stories and rants about this place and all I can say is I feel like I’ve wasted my youth working for a franchise that constantly overworks their employees to save money. Use this place as a temporary job at best.

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