Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,779 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 18,779 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
Jul 8, 2017

Poor Management

Recommend
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Pros

Some of my team members were awesome!

Cons

Management would say how great you are and then talk poorly about you to other associates. Also they would say that they see you moving up in the company and say you deserve a pay increase but be to cheap to actually give it.

2.0
Jul 4, 2017

Night Baker

Recommend
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Pros

It's a night shift and I find the job relatively easy

Cons

There is a lack of integrity and transparency from the management team. They are slow to address any inquiries from the staff, in fact they will avoid unless you are able to force them to do otherwise

5.0
Jun 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Strong and visionary leadership by the founder and his leadership team. Hires great talent at every level. Keeps workload manageable. Work organized into projects and carefully tracked. Funding is really tight.

Cons

The founder is so passionate and involved that he makes it hard for other leaders to feel a proper sense of ownership. The company is full of bright and talented people of every kind. However, there is not one woman or person of color in the 16-member management team.

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