Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,810 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,810 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
4.0
Jul 23, 2013

fun employees, not very good hours

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Pros

co-workers got along great even with the bosses. Treated like family. every different season there is a "bread bash to try the new food coming out and have some fun while doing it.

Cons

Low pay. Little room for advancement

1.0
Jul 22, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The "corporate culture" seems very positive. The ideas of being green, and the ideals that they say they expect stores to live by.

Cons

Upper management doesn't do what the corporate culture dictates. One of the cultural values is "No Jerks," but most upper management treats associates and lower level managers like they are nothing. Every year a "Warmth Survey" is completed by all managers and employees, and even though it's supposed to be anonymous, the managers all guess what is said by employees and treat them terribly based on their feedback if they don't like what's said. I'm sure that's happening at higher levels as well. Disagreement is not tolerated. New ideas are not tolerated. It's a stifling environment to work in.

5.0
Jul 18, 2013

Really great place to work!

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Pros

It is a really friendly atmosphere, very focused on customer satisfaction. The company is experimental, always willing to try out new products and ideas. I had really great co-workers, the cafe has an adequate number of workers at all times, never understaffed. Things are done as a team, no one goes home at the end of the night until everyone is done.

Cons

The pay is minimum wage, it can be hard to get holidays off.

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