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
1.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is in Orlando and is a Fortune 500 company. When Joe Lee was in charge it was fantastic and he listened and mingled among his employees.

Cons

Upper management are insulated by HR. HR are so top heavy at Darden, that everything gets bottle-necked through this department. All of the top echelon seem to have HR's complete support regardless, which breeds a very unhealthy working enviroment.

5.0
Jun 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Product to represent- Great Culture- restaurant philosophy is to be the best of Class. You interact with high end guests. Growing Organization and they promote from within. Recently acquired by Darden restaurants. Voted employer of choice for industry. Voted best restaurant in the country by Consumer reports. It has 5 day work week and great beneifts. The leaders have been in place for a long time. High volume average sales.

Cons

Restaurant business- nights and weekends and Holidays.

2.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The quality of life was decent.

Cons

Darden claims they are a diverse company, but Red Lobster in the DFW market is the opposite. The SVP is out to get gays. In a matter of six months, 6 GM's that were gay were terminated for various reasons. I had a great relationship with everyone at the company, including the SVP, until they found out I was gay. I was unemployed a few months later. They claimed I had been seen outside of work at a club that one of my employee's was at, which was against their policies. Of course, I had no knowledge of being out at the same venue as one of my employees.

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