Panera Bread reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,810 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 18,810 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
2.0
May 22, 2013

Years of experience

Recommend
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Pros

This is just what I've experienced at my stores location I'm not sure how it will be at yours. They will work with you being in school as long as you are a strong worker that contributes to the business model they have for your stores location. They pay more than most food related jobs. The people that I work with are like a family, a dysfunctional one, but still family.

Cons

This is just what I've experienced at my stores location I'm not sure how it will be at yours. Bosses sleeping with coworkers. My boss lies to me a lot. For example, I was told I was at the pay raise cut off, but another manger told me that I still have 2 more dollars till the cut off. If you are not one of the mangers buddies don't expect fair treatment. I had one boss talk to me about how he fantasizes about hurting people. The maturity levels of management is very low and most are very manipulative. The concept of Panera warmth has been replaced with only being concerned with speed and numbers. Management will yell at you in front of other employees and in my experience I once had things thrown at me. Management will make fun of you to other employees.

3.0
May 20, 2013

Sales Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

65% discount off food items, flex work schedule while going to school, better than your typical fast food job, able to move up to trainer.

Cons

They pay you barley above minimum wage, raises are very small, work you like dogs, they make the good employees do all the crap work, trainers don't get that much of a pay increase when promoted, cleaning tasks never end...The list goes on.

1.0
May 19, 2013

worst job ever

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

they hiring almost anyone who has some restaurant experience.

Cons

you are given short breaks even when you work long hours. they are not considerate of their employers. they never ever give raises so dont bother asking. this company is money hungry !

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