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      Panera Bread

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      Panera Bread reviews

      3.4

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (18,806 total reviews)
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      Paul Carbone

      40% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.9

      Compensation and benefits

      Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,806 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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      Reviews by job title

      19K reviews
      2.0
      Dec 8, 2014

      Misquided management, high turnover, and overall unpleasant job.

      Hourly associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good interaction with coworkers, ability to customize your work schedule, free leftovers from the bakery (my favorite part-great for a college student)

      Cons

      Inconsistent management with a very high turnover, low pay, lots of rude customers, not enough cross-training (would have helped cashiers to learn how to make sandwiches so that they would know elaborate menu items), grueling busy work. I'm sure many of the problems were due to my specific location and not indicative of the entire company.

      3.0
      Dec 2, 2014

      Good at First, went downhill.

      Associate trainer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Tips for catering, flexible hours, employee of the month, good discount (65%) on meals, free coffee,tea, and soda.

      Cons

      Managerial staff was not good. They did not recognize the bullying going on in the cafe regardless of how many times I went to them with the issues I was having. Instead they would recognize the person doing the bullying as being hard working. The management would also often goof off and set bad examples for the staff.

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