Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,804 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,804 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
3.0
May 7, 2015

The most comfortable atmosphere

Anonymous employee
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Pros

My store was always clean and tidy, the design of my store was very relaxing and comforting, very friendly managers, DELICIOUS FOOD, everyone at my store was a big family.

Cons

Schedule was very unpredictable, managers favors the biggest butt kissers only, stressful guests that didn't understand the youpick2, explaining the youpic2, manager swipes are the most annoying omgggg just give everyone a manager card lol

1.0
May 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Discount Associates are nice Customers are awesome! Food is really delicious

Cons

Managers spread associates very thin, giving them way to many jobs and expect them too complete everything at the same time. We are expected to act like maintainance people which seems way past our job description with little reward. Portions are small for how much money

2.0
Apr 22, 2015

Associate

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Pros

Co-workers were great, got to take home food at the end of our closing shifts.

Cons

The pay was not worth the work; I only wanted to work part-time but I was regularly working 35+ hours a week. The management is not aligned and communication was terrible. I also injured my rotator cuffs working at Panera and they refused to acknowledge their role in my injury. I had to pay physical therapy costs out of pocket.

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