Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,760 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,760 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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1.0
Jan 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Not too much to say here. Pay and bonus was decent.

Cons

Long hours, no home life. Basically working constantly even when home. Blatent sexism and racism among upper management. Was ordered to fire employees based on their looks. Was terminated when I refused. Turnover is high due to constant sexual harassment and games by upper management. Currently filing with the EEOC. They have been sued before for this stuff.

2.0
Aug 28, 2014

It sucks

Recommend
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Pros

You'll spend most of your time getting vocationally sodomized, if you're into that sort of thing.

Cons

no reach around, they won't even pull your hair.

1.0
Jul 8, 2014

Fast paced, tiring job.

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and free lemonade.

Cons

-Very hot environment -Breaks are NOT allowed -Long shifts -Long training with each item being taught once, very briefly This is a very strange company. I was expecting this to be a normal job that I could rely on but it turned out the opposite. Management makes MANY promises that they will not keep after the interview. Do not expect to be able to breathe working here. In the back it is hot and sticky. You will never leave on time (and after eight hours of standing with no break...). The fellow workers at this location are snotty twelve year olds with a horrible attitude. I have never had so many people walk into me without saying excuse me in my life. The quality of the work is pretty sad. They give you one example of how to do something and from then on you are expected to KNOW it. I literally mean they will thaw out one pastry, fold it, fill it and tell you good luck (along with piles of other extraneous information). .

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