Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,762 total reviews)
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41% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,762 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
Apr 23, 2010

It's the service industry, after all.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you're a closer, you get free food. If you're not a closer, you at least get cheap food.

Cons

You get no respect whatsoever, and there is little motivation to do a good job because you're expendable and will not be rewarded. You will, however, be berated no matter what you do. Panera Corporate has impossible standards (although this doesn't really differ from any other corporate job I've been in or heard about).

3.0
Apr 21, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Stocks are doing great Only work 10-11 hour shifts 2 weeks paid vacation Great M.I.T. training The associates are great

Cons

Some General Managers like to change the rules to best fit them Hardly any management cohesiveness It's cutthroat Favoritism Rarely see a bonus Rude obnoxious clientèle I got bounced around alot from store to store Early Mornings

4.0
Apr 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Its a long hard road working for panera bread. you have to work and be the best for an extremely long time with minimum pay to advance. Once you advance into management things get a lot better. Salaried managers get paid well and you have a chance to be GM and then JV. The payout could be as much as 250 grand at the end of your JV contract.

Cons

Very hard to advance in this company and only the best survive.

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