Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,804 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,804 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
May 18, 2015

Started out good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and most people are great! I became very close with the people at the locations in worked at. They are fairly flexible with hours

Cons

In the end they started stripping my position of benefits. No more end of the year bonus, much smaller pay increases, hours were cut twice. Along with that they stacked more product and responsibilities on my position which was near impossible to get done in time without skipping a break. All this so they could have more money for stock holders and get self checkout kiosks.

2.0
May 11, 2015

Dont work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There were no benefits to working here

Cons

Toxic team environment Managers did not communicate well Lack of direction for various tasks Never offered a raise

4.0
May 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They actually donate their leftover bread and pastries, there are a lot of nice people who work there, and they have very good food.

Cons

Dealing with stuck up people who think Panera is a fancy restaurant, not getting paid much for the amount you do.

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