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
4.0
Jan 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They expect what they should from their servers and bartenders and are great at communication those expectations with us.

Cons

It is still a service job; the hours are not ideal. Management underestimates employees often.

3.0
Jan 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, good if you are going to school. Also offer decent benefits for this type of job. Employee discounts for outside purchases.

Cons

Company forces you to lie to the guest. The company has also recently reduced there busser and bartender pay by about 50%. Seems to be confusion in the upper management about where the company is headed

3.0
Jan 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

working for Darden is a good experience to add to a resume as it is a respected company within the hospitality industry

Cons

unfortunantly it would seem the hours are very irregular, no fairness in amount of hours shared between staff, could be there for 2 hours and sent home or 12 hours without a break.

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