Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,762 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,762 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
Oct 19, 2010

Decent for people going to school.

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Pros

The managers work very well around your personal schedule, if you need days off for school or another job, there is no problem getting time off.

Cons

Managers definitely have favorites. Certain people get away with everything whiles others get in trouble for others mistakes. They barely have any hours to give out, most people are lucky if they get 20 hours.

2.0
Oct 14, 2010

they suck

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are pretty good about letting you have time off if you need it. It can be a fun place to work and most of the customers are pretty nice too.

Cons

No paid sick time, mgmt has their favorites and you know who they are, the pay SUCKS and you work your tail off for chump change, recognition is non existant and mgmt has very little respect for the associates. Pretty much treated like crap. Bottom line, worst place I have ever worked in my life. You work like a dog.

3.0
Oct 12, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- great food - fun atmosphere - not too challenging - usually flexible hours

Cons

- some contradicting orders between managers - reluctant to give raises - some employees care about the quality of the products more than others.

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