Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,809 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,809 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
Jun 19, 2014

People come and go.

Recommend
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Pros

Panera has great food, depending on who works there and how diligent the employees are at providing customer service. Everyone knows everyone.

Cons

Work becomes too routine to the point where it feels like you've become a zombie. Management rules with an iron hand, and can be too picky at times. Customers also will complain about the most miniscule things.

2.0
Jun 19, 2014

Good Company, Employees work hard for only minimun wage

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Discounts, Nice Managers, Some of the customers are nice

Cons

Rude customers who talk down to you, no tips, always on your feet, a lot of side work , little pay

2.0
Jun 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always something to do, can move up pretty quickly, allowed to do anything within reason to satisfy a customer

Cons

work-life balance (most management doesn't care if you have other responsibilities/are sick), even if you do move up to higher positions don't expect your pay to reflect the amount of work you put in, must pay for meals, you never know what you're getting into: some stores are ok but others are terrible

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