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

32% 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
4.0
Nov 26, 2018

Community-Conscious Food Service

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-food is donated at closing time every day (this gives a sense of contribution) -training and advancement is encouraged and streamlined -discount doesn't hurt

Cons

-corporate pressure and ingredient changes can be troublesome -customers often become annoyed by employees' mandatory push for entry into rewards programs

2.0
Nov 8, 2018

minimum wage/lot of work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

free coffee and drinks (pop and cold drinks)

Cons

too many not serious coworkers and management

4.0
Oct 10, 2018

Panera

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it was easy going loved the people i worked with loved the managers great environment good food

Cons

very understaffed sometimes would not get shifts you wanted off did not work around the time i needed off and booked me anyways

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