Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,804 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 18,804 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
1.0
Jan 15, 2015

Could not think of a worse company to work for

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Pros

They sure have the advertising thing down pat. Boy have they got the American consumer fooled. Great job, boys. That being said, they could not fool their own advertising company - who fired them!!! If your RVP or Gm liked you, you could make your own schedule and write your own bonuses.

Cons

See above. The way the hourly associates are treated is horrible. The way they manage roll outs of new menu items is a joke. Consumers: this is not a healthy place to eat; they have you fooled. The "scam" of food donations at the end of the day - why isn't the IRS on this? Oh, and if you think the food is fresh, you are poorly mistaken. Almost every bakery good is frozen. There is such a demand to meet unattainable quotas that I have seen everybody cheat and lie on surveys, questionnaires and food inventory.

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