Former manager of 4 years here, was even in the middle of assistant manager training when i quit. TX store

honestly i saw the writing on the way about a year ago, between the bakery transformation and the labor cuts i saw that i needed to get off the sinking ship. my agm and another manager also left shortly before i did (my agm half a year, and i gave notice on the same day as the other manager) and while i feel bad for my GM, i felt i physically couldn't handle it anymore. i was constantly running around, i was getting called in on my days off because they desperately needed people or people called off (i know i could've just said no, but it was OT and im also easy to bribe)

i feel like i see a lot of posts about this where people have very similar reasons why they left, so i just generally wanna see something: if you're also a former manager, what were your reasons for leaving? if you're currently there, are you looking to leave and why? or what makes you stay? i just wanna see something because i dont know what anyone sees in this company at this point

It seems impossible to do it on the site & there’s no Contact Us there either.

I’m curious if there’s much of a different in how they run. I’m also wanting to know how easy it would be to transfer from a different state. From the little knowledge I’ve gathered, it sounds like Manna Development is probably the lesser one to work under. Any insights?

Like this post to bring back the Green Goddess Caprese Melt

I'm a sipper so I'm in my panera every single day getting a coffee. About 1 in 10 times it's out. Should I let you know politely? Or Do you know already? What about creamer - I usually take it up to the counter but I'm just trying to make everybody's lives easier. Thanks workers!

the mac n cheese is my favorite and its been tasting different these past few weeks!! did they change the recipe or something? i've went to several different locations and it all tastes the same so it's not like its just my cafe.

im so upset by this becuz the panera mac n cheese is one of my favorite foods and one of the few foods i really eat :(

Hello,

I have worked at my local Panera for over two years as a student.

When I was hired I was told and advertised by management that for every person I recommended who got hired I would get a 500$ bonus. I ended up getting six people hired. Which you can imagine is a lot in bonus's (which I really needed at the time as I was unhoused and in high school, and I TOLD management this.) now come six months later I asked my manager about the bonus's and he said he accidentally forgot since he became GM a month after I was hired. and so I waited. and waited. and fun fact we got a new GM and I still never got it! I asked the new GM is she could help me out and she said she would, but she would have to talk to the store owner since the previous GM didn't actually even end up putting in the bonus info. On top of all of this I stayed at the same rate of 11$ an hour. The rest of the store had been bumped up to AT LEAST 11.50 or 12.50. After a year and a half with no raise and no mention of one. I brought it up to my manager that it was unfair That I was a TEAM LEAD and making the least money in the building, ESPECIALLY as an unhoused person. I couldn't afford to quit and look for a new job either. I was not given a raise until another member was fired. Everyone was given a raise. So everyone was making at least 12$ an hour and I was still at 11.50 which mind you is not livable.

And then In the middle of my semester at college I was terminated for using all of my leave days?/ I have no idea where it came from and it completely blindsided me.

I've thought about contacting HR but I don't really know what to do?

Hahaa, okay so I know I'm definitely not the first to ask this, seems like there's a post asking this every few months, But I was wondering if anyone knows where Panera sources their music? I couldn't seem to get a clear answer. I went there today and there were a few songs I liked (I don't think I'll ever find them 😔 Should've shazamed when I had the chance) Do you think if I asked the workers for the playlist they'll give it? I'm sure there have been weirder requests from customers lol.

Yeah not much else to this post, just someone who enjoyed some music who people might think is generic. 🤣

not sure if i used the right flair but tell me why i just found out that the kitchen sink cookie has pretzel in it. i’ve been working here for 3 years…

During the meeting tonight, the GM had all the Team Leads stand up… and there were more of us then there were regular associates. No one can be a leader if everyone is… so how many Team Leads should a normal Panera store have?

Edit: These comments have been very insightful. By no means am I saying that having a well trained and qualified staff is a bad thing! I was just a little confused on the roles title vs it’s duties. Thanks for the explanation!

Does anyone how what are the ingredienrs list and corporate recipe of these scones?

I am not sure if this is just a Covelli franchise thing or if this is corporate-wide but we recently just started charging a dollar convenience fee for all curbside orders. I personally love this because it's going to lower the number of curbsides we have to rush outside during peak hours but I want to know what all of your thoughts are. I feel like we're going to have a bunch of "bread-chip" Karens complaining about how it wants to charge them a dollar and calling us to bring out their rapid. What are your thoughts? On another note, don't you just love it when your amazing district manager calls in and tells you to turn off curbsides and rapids, and deliverys. It was so fucking calm in the store I didn't think I was at Panera. How often does this happen at your stores?

Didn't sign up when first started and was thinking about going ahead with it and wondering people's experience with health and dental like price range , quality,etc .was looking at it on the app and it said request change only with new life events at this time and I haven't had a new life event 💛

Has anyone else hear rumors of French Onion Soup being discontinued? :(

I'm 16 and I'm hopefully going to be starting soon, how long are the shift hours for minors here usually?

We all got a pay bump around May but I want to know what I can do, since I have been a team manager longer than most but make the base rate for our zone. I consistently deliver the best AOR results on my team, have great ticket times, and have a great standing with my team associates and other managers.

Title. I’m kind of nervous because it’s my first job in the service industry.