Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,779 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,779 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
4.0
Sep 2, 2010

Panera Bread from a college student's view

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The food at Panera is amazing. No doubt about that. And, they MAKE you try it (which is no problem of course). The environment was friendly while I worked there and as long as you don't mind learning everything A-Z about the many foods they serve I don't see how you could go wrong as a college student working for Panera.

Cons

I can't say much against Panera but I had a few times when i was scheduled during classes. Finding someone to work for you when you shouldn't have been on the schedule that time/day in the first place is a pain.

3.0
Sep 1, 2010

Panera

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Pros

If you work the night shift you get to take home leftover food from the bakery, which partially makes up for the poor salary they pay you even if you have experience.

Cons

It depends on the restaurant, because each one has slightly different rules/issues. The managers have a hard time figuring out how many people to have at the restaurant at a specific time, so sometimes there would be nothing to do and other times we would be ridiculously busy.

2.0
Aug 23, 2010
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Pros

Free drinks, get to take home food at the end of the night, usually friendly co-workers, decent training structure, mobility in positions worked

Cons

very high turnover and very low employee morale, as a closer you usually work 2+ hours after the store is closed, picking up messes that other people are too lazy to pick up. no one is disciplined for doing something wrong, people often dont show up for work with no repercussions, and you are Always understaffed, no matter what time of day

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