Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,803 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 18,803 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
Oct 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Depending on the store you can meet some very fun people. Decent hours if going to school Food is pretty good

Cons

No hours during summer No raises Not many chances to be promoted Some customers are idiots and yell at you

1.0
Oct 18, 2012

I'm not a slave, I'm a human being.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-make very good friends -coworkers are friendly -all employees are willing to help (except managers)

Cons

shifts long, USED to have long hard hours, little break, customers extremely rude, management horrible, standing for a 7 hour shift on hard floor is painful, unusually high standards that cannot be met, very low pay, no raises, each celebration has different e-learning, i can go on forever..honestly.

2.0
Oct 17, 2012

Overworked and underpaid

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible scheduling and however many/few hours you wanted

Cons

No appreciation for a job well done

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