Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,761 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 18,761 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
3.0
Jan 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Panera is a very stable company and they have a great discount for all associates

Cons

your have to work very long hours it is part of the job requirment. The days are very difficult to deal with if you want to raise a family you need to plan what you want before you take the job

4.0
Sep 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are the best reason to work for Panera Bread. You depend on your co-workers to do their part, and you need to do yours in order to have a successful bakery-cafe. This creates a team atmosphere and everyone benefits from this positive environment.

Cons

If someone doesn't do their share, we all get behind. Working at a Panera needs to be like a well-oiled machine. I would roughly compare it to an assembly line. All of the kinks need to be smoothed out and everything needs to flow together. Otherwise one area gets behind and the rest will undoubtedly follow.

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