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      Panera Bread

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      Panera Bread reviews

      3.4

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (18,793 total reviews)
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      Paul Carbone

      40% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,793 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).

      Reviews by job title

      19K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 28, 2017

      General Manager

      General manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Get to set your schedule a month ahead of time. Medical/dental/vision Decent Salary for the work expected Have a minimal say in who your assistant management team will be. Worked well with my District Manager.

      Cons

      No room for Growth from GM. Constantly hiring from outside the company for the next level up from GM. Not consistent with necessary metrics to enter the Joint Venture partner program. ( monthly profit sharing/bonus program)

      2.0
      Feb 16, 2017

      Fired over the dumbest reason ever

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They have Flexible hours and usually a friendly staff. It on depends what store you work for.

      Cons

      Managers, managers, managers, oh and the managers. The managers are either incompetent, pick their favorite employees and stick to them, or aren't very nice at all. Maybe 1/3 of panera's managers are okay. Also %90 of people working at panera are part time. Also, the starting wage is $8, and you're going to be doing a lot of different tasks. I was a delivery driver and would get stiffed about %15 of the time. They advertise that delivery drivers average $14 to $17 an hour. After taxes, gas, and maintence on my car, and spending a whole year as a driver, i was averaging $10/ hr. There are lunch shifts where you can make $60 in a couple hours, or $20, it's just the luck of the draw as a driver.

      4.0
      Feb 7, 2017

      A Great Learning Experience and a wonderful team of employees and managers to work with.

      Cashier/dining attendant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Supportive managers and coworkers. Some of the patrons can be interesting customers to deal with and will sometimes take advantage of the motto, "The customer is always right." Tuesdays "Bagel Pack Deal" became every day should be bagel deal day. During very busy customer traffic times sometimes the staffing levels were too low to meet and exceed the customer expectations. Overall the work experience was very positive and the repeat customers a joy to get to know. The training and videos were very helpful for associates and managers. Had some great managers! Worked with great colleagues who had a great sense of humor. They made coming to work fun!

      Cons

      The yearly raises relative to employee's track record and diligence was a bit low at times.

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