Darden reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,846 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

72% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,846 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Darden employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Nov 27, 2013

former employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

busy restaurant good money high standards

Cons

human resources do not care if you are a human being neither do managers. Treat you like your dispensable which to them you are

3.0
Oct 28, 2013

Too much work too little pay.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great training, good benefits. Company has great values also.

Cons

Want you to work 70 hrs for too little money. Expect you to have a college degree but only make around 50 k a year. Worked there for a total of 3 months as manager toward the end I became highly allergic to something, even after I made my upper management aware they still continued to have me prep there meat and high end products. Being management for darden is like being a underpaid overwork regular employee. Also throughout the interview process I was told it was relatively easy to move up. Upon starting I found that all other managers that had been at my specific store under the general manager had been in the same position for years.

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