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
3.0
May 30, 2013

Fun, yet chaotic.

Recommend
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Pros

Friendly environment, good starting pay, easy to climb up the job ladder, people really love their job, involved in the community.

Cons

Long hours, lots of management hiccups, no nationwide employee discount(only per store you work at).

3.0
May 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly fast paced, particularly on Sunday mornings. The training on customer service was helpful at my particular franchise.

Cons

The schedule was often changed, on what seemed like a monthly basis. This made it hard to make plans with people. Opened early on weekends.

3.0
May 29, 2013

Cashier

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people in this branch are passionate about their work, you get a discount on the food when you're working and when you're off, the leftover bakery goods go to local shelters in the area

Cons

Work can get a bit repetitive and tedious, little room for growth, may take an extremely long time to get a raise and even then it's an insignificant one

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