Panera Bread Employer Reviews

customers are rude, managment is rude and unfair. coworkers try to make the best of it, but there is only so much we could do by means of management. hardest part of the job is trying to keep smiling after being mistreated by customers or management. most enjoyable part of the job is probably when a customer actually thanks you or compliments you on – more...  whatever or maybe even closing time ! that is exciting – less

The management was good and the co-workers were fine but I felt the place was dirty. The pay was not good enough for the work you had to do. Dining room duty was the hardest and easily the worst job you could do.

A typical day at Panera Bread would be coming in and making sure the bakery is set up properly and ready to go when all product is finished in the oven and the doors open. My next duty would be to make all coffees and have the finished right before we open for our customers. Then keep all customers happy so they come back the next morning for the same – more...  bagel and coffee they receive everyday. The hardest part of my job and making sure the closers set up the bakery properly and didn't lose any of the pieces because the I go and find the missing ones. The most enjoyable part of my job is seeing the same customers everyday and making a relationship with them along with being able to memorize their particular and individual orders. – less

Working at Panera Bread you really feel like family, the down fall is not having personal time because of the erratic hours.

A typical day at work starts at 5 am with spending the morning in the bakery. I set up the bakery case and put up bread and bagels. Around 11 am I move to the cafe line where I make sandwiches, salads, and consolidate the food onto a tray during the "lunch rush". I go home between 1 and 2. The hardest part of my job is the fact that the company goes – more...  through employees so frequently that no one is properly trained, and I end up having to do the jobs of 2 or more people. The most enjoyable part of the job is probably the hours. Management is trained to talk down to employees and do less work but most of my co-workers are very hard working. – less

I've been with Panera for 9 years. The hours can be tough at times, but overall a great company to work for. It's a family environment, the relationships you gain from employees and customers can go a long way. It makes it fun to go into work. I've been managing for 4 years now and it has been a great experience. The knowledge gained with Panera has – more...  been profound. If seeking a manager position, you'll have a sub-roll of either inventory, labor or training specialist. There culture values and beliefs are strong and will continue to grow as they prosper within the food sector. – less

A typical day at Panera Bread was based with Productivity and great moral values coming from us, the employees. No one ever slacked on there work, only occasionally.I could say there were one or two people that would do so within the time-period i was working there. The hardest part of the job I would have to say was closing down the restaurant at the – more...  end of the night. Mostly, I enjoyed the out-going attitudes that the employee's had and never did it once interfere with store regulations. – less

It's nice and busy. It's a good place to work, we all work together to get the job done and help the guest.

great trainers, great people.
Customer are great and the emploee know there job and are always helpful.

The work is not hard as long as the prepers do their job in the morning. Its only a temp job unless your trying to be a manager. The environment is peaceful but a lot of college students crowding the cafe because Panera has free wi-fi. They would take up a lot of room and barely buy anything. Hardest part of the job was during rush hour and not being – more...  able to say anything to the college students who barely bought anything. I would have liked to stay longer except management and I did not see eye to eye. – less

Always fun when you help bring a new company to the area. Myself and two assistant mgrs. hired and trained 60 employees to have a sucessful grand opening.

You will do anything for money and they notice that. Long hours and the store cleaning was intense.

Had a fun experince and learned alot being a manager. The hours were hard while being a student. but it was a great place to work

The days were not very long but the work that was required at times was. people frequently visited Panera Bread because it was nearby and healthy. I was the one usually doing the lifting and taking out garbage, sweeping, and some other tasks along the way. I learned a couple of things like making some drinks how to interchange the syrups for the soda, – more...  stocking, restroom rules, and mainly how to properly handle myself around patrons and how to act when conversing with them. – less

When I decided to work at Panera I knew I would enjoy the atmosphere because I am a very social person. I quickly embraced the atmosphere and the friendliness of the other employees. It was when I became a Shift Supervisor that things started to change. I did not realize my own social life would diminish and a strain be put on my marriage. The schedule – more...  was tough to deal with, constantly changing and my hours fluctuated and I really needed 40 hours. I couldn't enjoy a wknd and had to ask for days off hoping that I would get approved. My excitement went away when I had to deal with unrulely customers and get blamed for things that I had nothing to do with or any control over. It was unfortunate the way that my particular upper management handled situations and treated the employees and myself. Not a situation I wanted to be involved in anymore. – less

I cleaned all the tables and got all the dishes together. Overall, the people I worked with were nice and friendly. The place was ran well. One thing that was hard was that there was only one person cleaning dishes, tables, taking out trash, making coffee and cleaning everything else. That did get a little overwhelming at times but overall it was a – more...  great place to work! – less

An excellent place to work and great people to work with. I would suggest working here to anyone.

Prep for the morning and lunch. Make sandwichs and also worked as a cashier.

Prepared Sandwiches for customers.Help make salads. Helped give out food.

The managers are lazy and don't like to do know work. All they do is sit around and eat. The employees was cool.They dont want to pay no money and want you to do all the work and also they dont promote within the company. They promote from on the outside first.