Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,780 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 18,780 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
Jan 15, 2012

New Management team

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great food and mostly good coworkers

Cons

Employee training is now mainly done on a computer and has resulted in less qualified employees than a few years ago

2.0
Dec 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible around schedule Easy to learn Get hours you request Always got more hours if I asked Checks on time

Cons

Poor management Barely any promotions No room to move up in the company Management does not keep personal life out of job

2.0
Dec 12, 2011

inconsistenet

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good food and good discounts

Cons

ridiculously long online app no or slow raises more managers than necessary at once

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