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      Panera Bread

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      Panera Bread reviews

      3.4

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (18,777 total reviews)
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      Paul Carbone

      40% approve of CEO

      33% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,777 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
      Sep 7, 2008

      Good place to work if you can handle fast-paced, team-based environments.

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are the best reason to work for Panera Bread. You depend on your co-workers to do their part, and you need to do yours in order to have a successful bakery-cafe. This creates a team atmosphere and everyone benefits from this positive environment.

      Cons

      If someone doesn't do their share, we all get behind. Working at a Panera needs to be like a well-oiled machine. I would roughly compare it to an assembly line. All of the kinks need to be smoothed out and everything needs to flow together. Otherwise one area gets behind and the rest will undoubtedly follow.

      1.0
      Aug 21, 2008

      Beware

      Assistant manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Most of the people are very nice to work with, some of the training is good.

      Cons

      A lot of micro management, Head manager does not lead by example. I feel a lot of back stabbing among management going on. I would have to question motives and how competent managent is. Lied about hours work when hiring. They told everyone I talked to that they would work 45 hrs, when 50 hrs or more is required, otherwise you are in trouble. Company does not followed its own mission statement. Do not trust what you hear when interviewing.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Panera is a great place to work part-time and enjoy what you do.

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I think the atmosphere overall is very upbeat and positive. One cannot always be proud to work at a food service place, but the aspect of the healthy-themed food along with not being enslaved to any sort of fryer is a very positive aspect of having a job such as this.

      Cons

      The compensation is rather small for the amount of work that is needed from me and my fellow associates. I also know that lower-level management does not make near as much as they deserve to make. Also, there are typically many, many employees which leads to no one employee being granted enough work time per week to make a decent living wage.

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