Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,790 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 18,790 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
Jul 7, 2012

Eh.

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Pros

It is a very easy job to get. They also train reasonably well, or at least better than most places. The other employees are normally easy to chat with and pretty cool people.

Cons

They overbook, then send you home a lot, but i imagine that varies with each franchise. They don't reward good behavior, and they'll often work you 7 hours instead of 8 so they can make you work a sixth day with under 40 hours if you are full time (or almost full time). The managers often are competitive with one another (for job advancement) so they can be really testy and nasty at times. Also they make you pay for food(50% discount), which I've never had to while working in food service industries.

3.0
Jul 7, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

It has a good work environment and there isn't anything disgusting going on behind the counter. Employee discounts are good too since Panera has good food.

Cons

I was never excited to work, but that is just the fact that it's a retail job.

3.0
Jul 5, 2012

Not a bad company

Recommend
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Pros

Food and people are better than the competition, pretty flexible schedule. It is a job.

Cons

No incentives, repetitive work. After a couple months you realize there is little reason to do more than the bare minimum

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