Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,813 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 18,813 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 9, 2020

Panera Bread Review

Recommend
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Pros

My co-workers are amazing and make it bearable. It is also flexible.

Cons

Unstable, unreliable Management, favouritism, lack of communication between management and employees, scheduling cuts, all the hours are for managers and supervisors

1.0
Sep 11, 2017

Horrible

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

50% discount on meal Friendly coworkers Panera under corporate was amazing

Cons

Panera under franchise (FMI -Franchise Management Inc.) Is horrible. Cuts hours/labor and benefits for employees, expects same level of quality from workers when we were under corporate (who treated employees well).

5.0
Jan 18, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Been working 3 years to be exact and can't leave Panera due to its most friendly environment for the staff and management tried the best of they're ability to help each other, to make things work for everyone(concern)

Cons

Schedule shifting, some bad day at least once in a while

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