Darden reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,845 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

72% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,845 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
Feb 7, 2012

Darden

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- big name in the restaurant business - okay compensation - fair amount of benefits - relocation opportunities - promotional opportunities

Cons

- long hours, but that's the same with everyone else in the restaurant business - corporation rules: often changing and gap between the "real workers" and senior management - whining staff

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

5.0
Oct 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

In my 22 years of experience in the restaurant industry I have yet to find a company that is so employee motivated. I will agree that like other companies there are bad apples in Mgmt. and within the team alike. This company is not going to go away, we employ 180,000 people, there must be a reason that they continue to work for Darden.

Cons

Dealing with whiners about their sections, the guests, and the amount of money they make. If the cry-babies would actually focus on our guests vs. "whats in it for them", the work experience might be a little more enjoyable.

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