Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,813 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,813 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
Aug 5, 2013

Hit or Miss

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Pros

Hours Available if you really want them decent starting wage (for a first job of course) As i am of similar age as other employees i love the people i work with decent discount on some above average food during my shifts

Cons

Mine is horribly understaffed (22 employees when we should have 40) Hard to get shift coverage (especially closing) if 2/3 managers are closing because they are sticklers once you help them out and cover shifts you are forever bombarded with calls on off days asking to cover shifts customer base feels very entitled and not always fun to deal with place unrealistic expectations on (essentially) minimum wage workers in terms of ticket times and accuracy and such. will coax/guilt you into helping them out as much as possible with little incentive and as soon as you come in show no gratefulness for you and treat you awfully Very X theory managment creates alot of turnover (almost half of the staff has changed in the 3 month since i have been there)

2.0
Aug 5, 2013

Not worth it

Recommend
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Pros

You get a good discount, and some co-workers are really great but thats about it.

Cons

hours, managers are rude and lack respect for their employees, and they're training to work their is ridiculous once you complete your training you end up quitting so it was for nothing.

2.0
Aug 5, 2013

hated it

Recommend
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Pros

free food, co workers were nice, funny.

Cons

manager was an idiot. I could have ran that store better and I don't even have a bachelor's degree

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