Pros
- You can be proud of the product - The company donates all products to charities - The company does lots to help local and national charities - MOST of the guests are pleasant people to get to know
Cons
If you work for Panera in the state of Florida (except Jacksonville) you will be working for the Covelli family. They own all the restaurants in the state as well as the Ohio Valley area. This makes them the largest franchisee in the Panera Bread system. Their ownership percentage gives them a lot of 'power' to run their Panera Bread locations however they please and it is not good. As a business it is the objective to make money BUT the Covelli family would run over their people if it meant an extra nickle in their pocket. As dramatic as it sounds I do not hesitate to refer to this family as EVIL. Go ahead and google the name and you will see law suites for racism and not paying their employees for hours worked. This is something that exists throughout the entire company. The upper management will tell you NOT to hire black people. They only want young, white, and attractive girls to be hired. I was ordered to do thisthis directly to my face. I was with the company long enough to hear about other franchises and how different it was but the Covelli franchise is so big and means so much to the corporate bottom line that the complaints and law suites fall on deft ears.