Pros
Panera Bread is very passionate about their food and drinks. You will learn through extensive training just how passionate they are. Also at Panera I really enjoyed the discount. I worked at a Covelli Panera in Northwest Ohio and received a 50% discount. Working cashier was fun because it gave you a chance to interact with the regular customers and the first timers.
Cons
Every Panera will start you off in dining room. Managers will talk about it being the most important part of a persons experience here. Quite frankly, its horrible. You are in charge of doing all of the dishes as well as trash, coffee, drink stations, busing, prebussing, a milllion things. You are also the only person doing this, even in the rush hour. The managers and line will yell at you to do everything and help none. If you do well at dining, they will make you do more. If you do bad at dining, you will stay on till you do better. You also smell like sewage when you leave from a four hour shift. I felt disgusting and it wasnt worth the 50% discount while making minimum wage.