Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,804 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,804 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
Jan 2, 2013

Cashier

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

9 dollar starting pay can be a great beneficial start to being your first job. 65% discount means you get to have some good food at a decent price.

Cons

Panera is a booming business as was chipotle and starbucks and as such can create HIGH stress environments with how many people are coming in and out as well as the number of requests you receive.

4.0
Jan 2, 2013

Associate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great discount on food; organized and clean environment People are fun to work with and the food there is great. All the ingredients are fresh and nothing is deep fried.

Cons

Peak hours can be a lot of work like any fast food place/restaurant. A lot of things to clean at the end of the day. Rude customers like any other place.

2.0
Jan 2, 2013

Terrible experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, Learning a POS.

Cons

Terrible management. Always ran out of bread. Insects on pastries, because trash can is located directly beside it. Sometimes sheet pans were placed on top of the trash cans. Late on catering orders. Run out of products for weeks at a time. Workers on line are rude. Bagels dropped on floor and re-used. Rarely ever employees used gloves. Either over staffed or under staffed. Trainers had no clue what to do, neither did management. I had to learn the job by observing other employees. Some of the days I would open, things were stocked incorrectly or not at all.

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