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      Panera Bread

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      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

      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 18,777 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).

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      19K reviews
      1.0
      Dec 4, 2017

      Associate

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay was okay, but could be better.

      Cons

      Terrible Managers, Rude Customers, Bad work environment.

      1.0
      Dec 4, 2017

      "Insulting place who treat decent people like the unclean food they sell"

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They won't FIRE ANYONE!! Yup. You can possess NO sense of true WILLINGNESS to do the work they "don't tell you you'll be forced to adhere to doing", and they will STILL keep you on the scheule (which isn't posted until the DAY BEFORE it actually begins) LOL!!

      Cons

      Oh, why even BOTHER... They ADMIT to everything they're lacking. (just not where it COUNTS) It's a terrible place, and if I'd KNOWN BETTER, I would have never submitted an application. CONSENT: This is a word that makes such a difference with Panera Bread. Were you TOLD you would be EXPECTED to do the job of THREE different empoyees all at ONCE? (Of course not) And for CHUMP-CHANGE?? Nope. Who's been rating them higher? WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING?? What a HORRIBLE experience.

      2.0
      Oct 1, 2017

      The work is easy they just make it harder than it needs to be They’re pretty indecisive

      Night baker
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is great for a restaurant job and you get to work alone. Have to be self motivated though. They make sure you get plenty of training since you’ll be working alone

      Cons

      Management is confusing. Well see supervisors occasionally and all communication is done through email and sometimes the management will contradict themselves so it’s confusing

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