Pleasant but could have been better - Server Darden Employee Review

3.0
Jun 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people were great to work with were awesome. Most of the managers were fair and treated all employees with respect, MOST OF THE TIME.

Cons

I worked there for 3 years. I was hired right after they changed the policy for vacation/anniversary pay and missed out on all 3 years. I also disliked that they mandated every single Sunday, but some people that started after me were able to get Sundays off. It was started off as a great place to work, then as time went by the management became more strict on the rules and it became less fun. Toward the end I dreaded showing up to go into work. I probably would be going on 4 years right now if it circumstances were a little different.

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Cons

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