Darden reviews

Company culture steadily deteriorating since the early 2000's. Long term employees with benefits being eliminated. Diversity preached every working hour. Non-minority men over 45 an endangered species here, unless in a white collar position. Women definitely favored over men in lower level roles to balance white collar numbers. Cliques is an understatement; the arrogance at this place seemed palpable. Morale was sub-par, and there are fraternization rules to eliminate the appearance of "favoritism". Such policies instilled a resultant "chilling" effect, drastically negatively affecting friendliness between management and lower level RSC staff. This helped to make management oblivious and unresponsive to underlings serious concerns. Office cubicles are small. Cafe food was not a bargain; if it's company subsidized, it was not noticeable. Gym not free. Size of the campus is a challenge, as is leaving the building for any period of time because immense parking lot distances and complex traffic situation; better to take the day off. Company computers were made available to management leaving, but not to general workers let go.

I found my time at this company to be miserable from day one. I was overloaded with work to the point I didn’t have a life and I absolutely hated my boss. He was highly authoritarian, supporting outdated management philosophies, and was just a jerk in general. I hope not the whole company is like this. Other managers I met seemed more the norm so maybe I just got a bad apple. But HR did nothing to stop the bro mentality my manager fostered on our team. I have a wonderful boss now and love my job so leaving was the best part about that experience.