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      Panera Bread

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      Jun 10, 2009

      Pretty good place to work if in school or elderly. Great coworkers in a good work environment.

      Associate trainer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great food with ok discount Great co-workers Young work atmosphere Young bottom level management Great for high school / college students Free Bread & Pastries Low stress work environment Awesome customers OK pay for work expect

      Cons

      Closing shifts can be daunting. Inexperienced managers at times add a lot of stress to what should be a simple job. Respect between employees could be better. They are pretty stingy with wages. Experience can differ from corporate stores and between different franchises.

      3.0
      Apr 16, 2009

      Like any job, it has its positives and negatives. Stick up for yourself.

      Baker
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is not bad, you can work at your own pace as long as you're done on time. Great job if you're a night owl.

      Cons

      This applies only to the Iowa franchise: The benefits are very minimal. However, if you apply to a company store, your options as far as benefits are much better. As far as the whole company, communication from the top to all the stores could be a lot better, especially with new product roll-outs. Bakers and the rest of crew need to cooperate better with each other

      4.0
      Mar 28, 2009

      Panera Bread = A great place to work.

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good, clean working environment, mostly polite and clean customers, largely efficient management. All in all Panera Bread feels much more comfortable in atmosphere and environment than any other fast restaurant I've been in. Also, their policy holds true - "No jerks." At least not for long.

      Cons

      As with any good restaurant, Panera Bread gets almost unbearably busy. It's nothing that someone with a good work ethic and some motivation could handle, though. As someone who works in the bakery, I occasionally have to be at work at 5:30 AM, which can be highly unpleasant on days when it's -4 degrees.

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