Excellent training, if hard work scares you move on - Restaurant Manager Darden Employee Review

4.0
May 31, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great training, wonderful culture. Solid restaurant concept, industry leading procedures. Notoriety as one the 100 top companies to work, Fortune 400 company.

Cons

They are streamlining the Ops side of things with technology and overwritten procedure to the point that human talent and input has been removed from the equation. They are building themselves to a future of mediocre staff members in the name of reducing labor costs . From the DO's down to the Hosts at the front door, Longhorn Steakhouse specifically is heading down a path of encouraging a culture built on the bare minimum. Those with a desire for a personal best, seek elsewhere.

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Pros

Professional development Training Benefits Colleagues

Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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