Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,790 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 18,790 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
Dec 15, 2017

A bread nightmare

Recommend
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Pros

Decent starting pay for position, great hands-on training, most coworkers are very friendly, health insurance is fairly decent.

Cons

The schedule only comes out a week at a time, you do not start accruing PTO until after your anniversary date, pay is biweekly on Tuesdays (it always falls in places that make it hard to pay certain bills on time), position is horrible unstructured, a lot of cafe managers are not concerned about bakers having the product they need to complete their bakes correctly, issues with dough delivery arriving on time (often leads to working 12+ hours shifts with short or no notice) If you need to reach out about issues, they will probably not be addressed Racks are constantly not rolling properly, which has lead to me being burned pretty badly several times (racks have tipped over several times) and they are never fixed in a timely manner.

1.0
Dec 5, 2017

Terribble

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I liked my coworkers and the customers.

Cons

The main manager was terrible. NO respect or care for her employees.

3.0
Dec 4, 2017

Alright

Recommend
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Pros

The staff there can be some cool people if you get to know them

Cons

The management in general is not very good and can be infuriating to those who take their jobs seriously.

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