Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,807 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,807 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
Sep 23, 2014

Panera Covelli no good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Food, great co-workers, consistent customers

Cons

Poor judgment in hiring shift supervisors and upper management from outside the company, at the two locations near me they do not promote much internally. Pay raises were either non existent or 6 months late. Supposed to have an "open door" policy, didn't.

4.0
Sep 18, 2014

Long and storied

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Been able to work on many new and exciting products including iOS and other development languages. Co-Workers have been wonderful as well.

Cons

401K Match is not as good as it could. Upward movement is limited as well. Compensation is getting better but lower than some.

2.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Panera has a couple pros to it. While I worked there I worked with some great people that were dedicated to their job. They also offer great benefits.

Cons

I was in their training program to become a store manager and I was late once (due to pregnancy but they didn't know I was pregnant yet) and a few days later they fired me. I understand tardiness is frowned upon but not even a warning seemed a little excessive and the director of training was very unprofessional about it as well. Also, had to work 50-60 hours a week which would be fine but the salary did not match the work out in. Would never recommend working for this company, at least in Florida from what I have seen.

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