Darden reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,847 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

75% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,847 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
3.0
Sep 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment and pretty good staff. Darden owns six concepts and is the largest restaurant group in the world.

Cons

As in any other restaurant in the industry the hours the allow you to have any life outside of the restaurant. Budget cuts wont allow them to hire more managers so that you can have a quality of life.

2.0
Sep 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vacation pay but only because I am grandfathered in

Cons

Dropped bartender wage over half while company stock continues to grow.

5.0
Sep 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The team members work and play as family. They care about their co-workers. Pay and benefits are excellent for a restaurant but should be expected by a Forbes Top 100 place to work. Schedules are easily made, altered, and accommodated for team members.

Cons

Store management and upper divisional management are out of the loop most of the time, making an easily handled situation often mucked up. There are policies that are put into place or suddenly enforceable that have not been made known to team members and have cost a few servers their jobs.

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