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      Panera Bread

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      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

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.9

      Compensation and benefits

      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
      3.0
      Apr 16, 2009

      Like any job, it has its positives and negatives. Stick up for yourself.

      Baker
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is not bad, you can work at your own pace as long as you're done on time. Great job if you're a night owl.

      Cons

      This applies only to the Iowa franchise: The benefits are very minimal. However, if you apply to a company store, your options as far as benefits are much better. As far as the whole company, communication from the top to all the stores could be a lot better, especially with new product roll-outs. Bakers and the rest of crew need to cooperate better with each other

      4.0
      Mar 28, 2009

      Panera Bread = A great place to work.

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good, clean working environment, mostly polite and clean customers, largely efficient management. All in all Panera Bread feels much more comfortable in atmosphere and environment than any other fast restaurant I've been in. Also, their policy holds true - "No jerks." At least not for long.

      Cons

      As with any good restaurant, Panera Bread gets almost unbearably busy. It's nothing that someone with a good work ethic and some motivation could handle, though. As someone who works in the bakery, I occasionally have to be at work at 5:30 AM, which can be highly unpleasant on days when it's -4 degrees.

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