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
1.0
Feb 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

tips are good. shifts fly by flexable with hours and vacation time

Cons

too many standards... and it seems that who ever comes up with the standards has never worked as a server on the floor.. they bring it standards to try to make guest satisfaction better but in reality it makes the servers job harder which makes for a poorer experience for the guest. Managers are constantly revolving to different restaurants being transferred and they don't care about employees. long shifts of constantly running around with no breaks and no food and will be written up it caught standing around or god forbid eating a breadstick thats not paid for. uniform has to be perfect or you get sent home. if servers could be replaced by robots this company would be alot happier as we are not allowed to have any personality or go off script.

2.0
Dec 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent tips, fairly busy. guests are usually happy with the food

Cons

terrible health coverage. management doesnt provide necessary support (servers often have to make the salads, refill the soups, no food runner etc. etc.) Managers can be uptight (god forbid you give a guest more than the 1 allotted breadstick per person)

4.0
Dec 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I've worked in a few food service positions and Darden group in my opinion was one of the best. The system is set up so you and the company will both be successful. I made some great money working there. Very little side work!

Cons

Some managers are not the best. But overall, I like most management.

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