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

34% 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
3.0
Dec 30, 2025

Decent to not decent

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some locations give free meals and when its not busy its pretty easy.

Cons

Store is kinda cramped and when it gets busy its hard to keep clean if your on dining room. When it gets busy its almost not worth minimum wage unless your working on dish which is pretty easy regardless of time.

5.0
Dec 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

70% employee discount even for the delivery guy

Cons

Not a ton of business since most people use Doordash, GrubHub, UberEats, etc.

3.0
Dec 29, 2025

Meh

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

paid decent, scheduled me often

Cons

scheduled me full time, only part time

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