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
4.0
Jul 19, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to work for, they give good opportunities of carrier achivment to the lower level employees. They like to listen to the ideas of the employee. and they are a great company. super sucsesfull, give lots of discounts

Cons

they are cheap with certain things but they are cutting cost, and they give too much free food to anoying costumers.

4.0
Jul 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible schedule good atmosphere good money not bad hours

Cons

uniforms have to be perfect guests can be a bit annoying staff is very young have to be available to work lunches

4.0
Jul 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at an Olive Garden Restaurant with a nice Tuscan home decor. The enviroment is extremely friendly and team work is heavily emphasissed on employees. Generally speaking the dinner shifts were very generous as far as tips go and up-selling tables was too easy.

Cons

Well the downside had to be if you were stuck on a lunch shift youd better be ready to make no more than 30 dllrs in tips with O.G. endless soups and salads. Great for the customer and a nightmare for the waiter. Hhow much of a tip do you think a waiter an get when a lunch tab is 11.85 for two people.

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