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
Nov 7, 2017

Baker

Recommend
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Pros

Nice to work on your own , no supervision you can take a break at whatever time. Employee payed benefits 80% Bakers get $15 worth of food to purchase everyday.

Cons

Lots of work repetitive tasks to complete everyday and because your baking breads and pastries everything is about timing. Its not real baking everything is frozen, you just have to shape and decorate, so what it is, is heavy labour.

4.0
Nov 2, 2017

Flexible, friendly work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible scheduling, coworkers are super friendly and enthusiastic

Cons

Sometimes the management is lacking, miscommunications and inconsistencies with work policies.

4.0
Oct 19, 2017

Great first job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, 50% off food, lots of training, employee of the month

Cons

Opening the bakery was difficult because the employees from the night before often did not close properly.

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