Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,760 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 18,760 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
Aug 18, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Managers are competent and respectful Easy-going work environment Very good employee discount Tasks are divided efficiently Associates are trained to give good customer service

Cons

Tasks can be mundane and tedious sometimes

4.0
Aug 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-decent work environment/atmosphere -builds good customer service skills -fair breaks/schedules/time-off -hard workers CAN and DO move up in the company

Cons

Not the company for you IF: -you do not like fast-paced work -you are impatient (customers take for-ev-er to decide what to order) -you do not like to clean up after people

3.0
Jul 24, 2009

Not bad, but not great

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Easy to learn all aspects of daily business processes - Laid back environment - Most associates are friendly and easy to get along withv

Cons

-Difficult to get promotion -Almost impossible to negotiate salaries and get a raise -Upper management does not fully understand associate issues and does little to alleviate them

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