Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,762 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,762 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
May 7, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Personal pros - close to my home, reasonable pay; relative to the abysmal federal/state minimum wage, I met some people with genuinely sweet souls

Cons

Research into the company and the entities that own it in order to understand who you are working for/with. If you work with Panera you're not working with angels; it's obvious...just look up Reimann Family and you will understand the persistent atmosphere/aura of working there. The owners of this company profiteer from slave labor. I worked here from December 20 2020 to April 28 2021. It didn't take long for me to figure out/feel the greed that is a part of Panera. It is apparent in customer attitude, as well. They want fresh food, but they want it fast. I had a different impression of Panera when I applied...I didn't think it was a fast-food jezebel, but, that's what it has become. There's a definite hierarchical structure at the location where I briefly participated...Allison Park. There are employees, there are bully managers, there are tyrannical figures who make the managers sick /indoctrinate with the bully behavior... Employees here often complain about the way they are treated. I don't do that. I leave. I quit this job without professional notice because professional respect for my time was not honored here.

3.0
Sep 1, 2019

Good for part-time

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Uncomplicated work. The manager worked around my schedule for school.

Cons

I broke my finger in my car door at work and they had me keep working for 2 hours because there was no other delivery driver. They have the option to just simply turn off delivery, but no, they made me keep driving until they got someone else in.

5.0
Jul 23, 2018

Decent place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- discounted food - decent hours - predictable rush times

Cons

- it gets really busy sometimes - customers can get really rude - managers are either really good or bad no in-between.

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