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
Jan 16, 2026

Not Great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have good team members it makes work

Cons

Bad pay, Bad hours, Company policies aren't great, they told us not to discuss our pay with other team members so they didn't have to increase long time employees pay.

1.0
Jan 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

coworkers are the only pro

Cons

management was the main problem

1.0
Jan 16, 2026

RUN

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The coworkers were nice and managers were protective of staff.

Cons

High turnover rate, did not receive a lunch break

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