Panera Bread Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"It was a good first job, but nothing that I would make a career out of."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I didn't like the hours and having to work every weekend."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Rotate weekends."

"I loved working there, but had to move."

"Hostile working environment and discrimination."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"It's great if you like to be underpaid, overworked, and treated like a dog, and if you like not getting your bonus because you have issues with your superiors. It's great if you like never being told you do a good job, and if you like having no raise in 2.5 years."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"DON'T do it."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"My dislikes are: harassment, discrimination, disrespect, and having no motivation; not getting a raise, never being written up and then told you suck even when you make your numbers; having no understanding about people with children; having to do the jobs you pay your other salaried managers to do and not being able to penalize them; being boxed in and feeling like you have no upper management to go to with issues; and being forced to quit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Review upper management personalities for psychological issues. Have exit interviews to find out why staff are just quitting."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I like the fun environment."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"There is too much structure."

"The truth!"

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"What I did enjoy was the loyalty of some customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure the assistant manager, general manager, and district manager are not related! The district manager was the husband of the assistant manager. The assistant manager was the sister-in-law of the general manager."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"In my particular store, the management was all related. If there was a problem (and there was), you had no one to talk to without fear of repercussions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't put family in the same store or make their family member district manager of the area. Most companies don't allow family together for the purpose of avoiding unbiased opinions when problems arise."

"A warning about the way this company treats people!"

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I like meeting new people and learning about bread. I like the customers! I like training new employees and learning about marketing and opening a restaurant."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Watch your back!"

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I don't like favoritism to employees who play the game, being treated with disrespect by younger, higher level managers, and not following the manager and employee non-dating rules."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat people with more respect and honesty."

"Exciting team to be a part of."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"It was very structured and the feedback was very consistently given."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Put your best foot forward."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I don't feel that my opinions are given much credence."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more consistent with open dialogues. There is a huge amount of talent and experience. Use it as a resource."

"It is a fun place to work but is not great if you want to move up."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I like the friends I have made."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be bright and cheery."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I don't like management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect your employees."

"Good place to work at."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I liked most of my co-workers because we were there from the beginning when the store first opened. Pretty much all the managers were great too."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I did not like that there was not much opportunity for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be consistent."

"The job ended."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I was able to explore the part of my career that I had the most trouble with, and that is public speaking. I was able to mingle with a diversified target market on a global scale, and because of that experience I was able to build up my confidence level in public speaking."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Simply, be honest in everything that you do, whether it be serving a client or working as a team with the company, because with that kind of moral and ethic standard it is hard to go wrong."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"There came a time when certain people in line with the management were in a status of cognitive dissonance when it came to the following of rules and regulations, so it made the work environment appear to be counterproductive. But in order to get around that, I stayed focused on what I hold to be the only criteria on what makes me successful in a work environment, and that is the binding arbitration that I signed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would probably recommend that there are daily proficiency reports that have to be performed mandatorily amongst the management and the personnel, so that certain events of unexpected nature do not become a potential problem in the future."

"Ugh!!!"

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"The management was condescending toward me, and unsupportive. For a new manager with Panera, there were many opportunities to train and coach. Instead, the GM chose to berate me and make me feel stupid for my attempts to learn. When I approached the district manager regarding these issues, I was told I would be transferred to a different location with a manager with a different management style. The next day the operations director came into the store and began criticizing my work in a very negative manner in front of employees and customers, in effect making the situation worse. In the end, I was backed into a corner and felt the only option was to leave the company."

"Wonderful folks."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"It is a good working place."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have the best knowledge about cash registers and customer service."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"There is not a lot of communication between managers and employees."

"Very professional service environment."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I like the incredibly efficient work environment. I was proud to be a part of a fast growing company."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I had to leave before I was able to advance to management."

"Currently fighting for growth in an unsteady market."

What do you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I like the leadership responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at Panera Bread?

"I don't like finding nonprofessionals within the industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire from within."