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
1.0
Dec 16, 2012

not the greatest

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

panera typicallly has wonderful regulars who genuinely care about how you are doing

Cons

poor advancement. they expect perfection for minimum wage. if you do get a raise its generally after you've worked for the company for years and its usually ten cents.

4.0
Dec 12, 2012

Yes

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

Pay is a little on the low side

2.0
Dec 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the staff are very friendly. A good many of the regular customers are as well, and you will get some valuable experience in customer service and food prep. Mostly a very welcoming place to work.

Cons

Pay is pitiful, although it has increased somewhat. Yearly raises are almost laughably low. Work is demanding. Pay and Benefits used to be great until our franchise was bought out by Corporate. I would not recommend working at a Corporate Panera Bread.

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