Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,777 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,777 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
2.0
Feb 12, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The food is delicious and yes they do offer a nice discount.

Cons

Panera hires you in offering full time. Yet, they schedule you no more than 32 hours. The managers expect what they ask of you to be done right that second. Even if you tell them what they are asking will take a while because of one reason or another. Not because you don't want to do it. They have absolutely no sympathy for their employees. They care only about what looks good to the public eye. Nothing more. I have also ALWAYS had problems filing my taxes while working for Panera. Some management doesn't care enough to bother with calibrations. Some management doesn't care enough to even hire enough people, so your boss is having to work as a baker as well. Rather than the BTS.

2.0
Jan 4, 2018

providing false info

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

fast pace, there is literally nothing else i can say about this company that is good

Cons

false info provided at interview, back out of promises, management doesn't care about employees, they will fight any harassment claims made about other managers

2.0
Dec 7, 2017

Sexist culture

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy work. Nice coworkers, like family

Cons

Low pay. Bad management, too much politics. Will write you up for nothing. It appears that only white males are considered for promotion. They take advantage of the mostly young female assistant managers. I personally witnessed 3 females in upper management replaced by men. My male store manager gave the good looking girls an unusual amount of flirty attention. Disgusting!

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