Do not work for Panera - they care NOTHING for their employees. They care even less for their customers. Panera sells themselves to prospective employees as a "family company" - HAH! My husband started with Chicago Bread's small (non-corp) franchise in Illinois in February 2010, hired by Vince Ancona as a General Manager - basically, he was brought in as a 'hired gun' to 'clean up' Vince's district (Libertyville/Riverwoods/Lake Bluff, etc) because the general managers at these stores are Clueless and... read full review »