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
5.0
Feb 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It was a great place to work. I was in a Smokey Bones resturnt. The mangement was very nice and bought us food very often. They rewrded employes for every single thing that they did. They don't expect too much and the best schedules re given based on merit not seniority. Because of this you can be a fairly recent hire and if you work hard enough you can end up making a lot of money.

Cons

If you are not one of the favorites management makes it too noticible. I was very liked, but there were other employees who were very hard workers and for whatever reason they weren't liked by the uppers. Close relationships between management and employees allowed this to become aparent.

4.0
Jan 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is pretty good. Although I had concerns with the buyout (when Longhorn and Capital Grill was purchased by Darden) everything has gone okay. Darden will continue to grow Longhorn and streamline the purchasing and receiving process. They will probably not be too good for Capital Grill though. Darden continues to be a competitive employer through research of other companies.

Cons

Employee Relations is too involved in decision making. They are thousands of miles away and want to run the restaurant for the management teams. Darden is a huge company and they are afraid of employee relations law suits. Health Insurance is aweful.

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