Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,780 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 18,780 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
Jan 31, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

5 day work weeks, 2 weeks vacation, salary was fair, bonuses were given every three months, holidays off, no late nights

Cons

not a lot of feedback given, people are demoted often without seeing it coming, bonuses often took months to get after issue date, managers were often brought to tears by supervisors

4.0
Jan 31, 2012

good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours friendly people to work with good training program / thorough explanation of job duties room to move around within the cafe

Cons

not enough hours management was not always attentive not paid for the amount of work expected of me and my coworkers

3.0
Jan 31, 2012

OK Company but needs change

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

hours and the free food

Cons

management is sometimes a crap shoot to who you work with.

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