Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,803 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,803 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
Dec 29, 2015

Associate

Recommend
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Pros

Learn great recipes that you can use at home. Work a lot of hours. Really helpful customer service experience. Lots of opportunities to rise in the company.

Cons

Practices are very nit-picky. Customers can be very rude. Only promote people who aren't planning to pursue degrees. Uniforms are stiff and uncomfortable

4.0
Nov 12, 2015

Not too bad

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Baking is a lot of fun, and the people you work with are usually awesome. Also, decent pay and PTO.

Cons

Expect burns, crappy hours, and management(at least in my case) liked to butt in and try to assert themselves as better bakers sometimes.

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