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
5.0
Sep 23, 2021

Clients love Panera

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

With fresh ingredients and consistent quality, Panera is the "go to" option for business catering. Easy to sell, and repeat business is very strong.

Cons

Difficult to plan in advance. Some days have very high volumes and the next day might be low volume.

4.0
Aug 16, 2021

Not what you would expect

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Best company in the region in its industry and a great culture to work in

Cons

No free lunch fro execs, even like me, me, who was a really good employee

4.0
Jul 29, 2021

Nice place to work due to good people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people with positive energy Learned a lot about great customer service

Cons

just as many other food industry, it is tiring sometimes. it just could be too overwhelming to work when it’s busy.

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