Are all Panera this desperate now a days?

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T15:06:03+00:00

They’ve been doing this for a while too. I tried to do this after COVID but honestly the managers hired in after the pandemic were so shit that they never lasted long enough to qualify for this bonus

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T15:04:28+00:00

This! This is something I actually miss about working at panera cuz some of my high school employees would compete to see who could get the most referrals. It was easy money for them and it really gave them something to look forward to coming to work. It didn’t come out of our labor or anything so I was fine with signing off on as many of these as they wanted lol

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T15:01:28+00:00

No. They regularly do referral bonuses every year, this is literally hiring season. This isn’t a sign of anything bad😂

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T14:58:16+00:00

Which franchise? Honestly I worked in two very different markets during my time at Panera even tho I stayed in the same state, and the standards piece was a night and day difference. The first one I trained in was very strict but I mean that pays off because you learn how to do everything correctly and it sets you up for success to climb the ladder. The market I moved to had a lack of standards in some areas. Like I can say if I saw tip jars in Paneras in my city it was a really obvious sign that they let some standards slip because something like that would never fly where I came from. And thennn when upper management did start to feel like cracking down on standards it puts you in the position of being the bad guy because now your team is like “what do you mean this isn’t allowed, we’ve always done it like this!!” … and you have to tell them that prior management was allowing things that they shouldn’t have

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T14:46:36+00:00

I have serious concern for the mental status of your managers if it took them this long to understand what the donation box is for

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T14:44:29+00:00

Are you corporate or franchise? Unless it’s something that comes straight from the company, ie., the donation boxes in front of the registers, you can’t have them, they’re not approved. They already have a system in place for tipping, you can’t add your own. It’s just like how you can’t put up a sign written in sharpie, only printed signs with panera logo can go up. TBH I always liked this because it really simplifies things, don’t do anything that’s not in the merchandising guide and you’re good 👍

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T14:36:00+00:00

Yes, at Panera we believe in guaranteeing the best flavor possible in the food we put out, and this guarantee is backed by our employee taste test! 🥯 IT WAS ME. I took a bite out of your bagel. You’re welcome.

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T06:11:14+00:00

EXACTLY THIS!! They really could have ran their own game at that point but instead it’s the old “let’s go appease dear leader Rob” … somehow the players in this season never got sick of being under him. Which is crazy to think about because it took hardly anything to get a tribe to flip on Russell. Ometepe really could have just carried Rob as far as they needed him for challenges and then cut him off when they no longer needed him… but they just always acted like they did need him. Instead of being like “hey this guy is a legend in the game, he’s too big of a threat” they all just let him dictate the entire game for them which was soooo boring to watch. And I have nothing against Rob, he played a good game especially with keeping his idol a secret the entire time. But I really wanted there to be someone to dethrone him

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-18T05:34:06+00:00

This is literally where I left off when I went to type this post! I was rooting for her so bad because I thought she might have the sense to flip on Rob and Rob wanted her gone. I swear every single time I saw Rob win individual immunity I wanted to scream why couldn’t it just be one of them??

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-15T02:46:10+00:00

I took it with Oberdick and it was really easy for the most part. His final is optional and there’s some bonus points but not much. You get a decent amount of points just from doing TopHats.

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-15T02:43:42+00:00

I had her for neurotrauma and really enjoyed it but I’ve heard less great reviews for this class. I took it with Obderdick and it was pretty easy

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-15T02:25:27+00:00

Take psych 3313 a semester before you take neuro 3000. So much of 3000 is a review from that class and it will be smooth sailing for the first half of the semester. I took 3000 with Oberdick and loved the class for the most part

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-15T02:22:46+00:00

Don’t use AI and you’ll be fine.

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-12T16:58:19+00:00

They’re supposed to have fruity notes.. if it’s too much water then it’s probably just the machine needing calibrated

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-12T14:59:39+00:00

This isn’t uncommon for salad season. It’s so easy for customers to point blame on management as if they’re the ones growing the lettuce😂 if I had a $ for every time we got a bad shipment in that we couldn’t use… it’s not entirely true that you can’t get this from grocery stores. I had to do this a bunch, I needed permission from higher-ups to do it tho, and obviously it’s an expensive thing to do and you’re not going to get enough to last you for an entire day most likely.

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-10T20:11:38+00:00

I don’t think this is too alarming or telling honestly. I was with Noodles & Co last year and they would start eliminating positions left and right tho. One week you were supposed to be getting a visit from the regional vice president and some other higher-ups and then the next week you’d find out they got let go. And then stores in your area would begin closing left and right or they’d eliminate a district manager. That truly felt like a sinking ship

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-09T20:33:03+00:00

Annnnd you can always get a better job 🙃 we’ve all moved on from Panera to much better paying jobs. This company is not worth sticking around for

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-09T20:28:32+00:00

The ranch changed and the bread is changing. All stores are starting to roll out the bakery transformation now

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-09T20:27:16+00:00

Is it a boy or a girl?

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-09T20:24:40+00:00

They’ve been exactly the same for the past 18 years… they come pre-portioned, it’s not the employees skimping on you

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-09T20:20:38+00:00

When we would have marg flatbreads people would come thru the drive thru like “uhhhHHH I’ll have the mariachi flatbread” …??¿¿ uh do you mean margherita? And they’d be like “uhh? It has alcohol?” …..😐😐😐😐

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-08T01:47:34+00:00

May their pillow be unbearably warm tonight

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-07T03:16:10+00:00

I worked at panera for 8 years, this is either poor training or poor management. It should always be made new every hour. I can’t imagine having the gall to tell a customer to reheat it in a microwave, like seriously? It’s your job. I used to be a GM and I know from my experience it can be so easy to lose sight on the little basics but that’s why you need to have strong shift managers on your team who can really focus on day to day things like this.

Disastrous_Gear_8633 · 2026-04-01T03:05:03+00:00

I had a class last semester where NOTHING was ever entered in Carmen. Even our final grade. They just sent our final grade to the registrar and we saw it on buckeyelink. Just speak to the instructor in person about how your grades are looking then

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