Lots of room for advancement, but some lower level managers need to respect employees more - Server/Bartender Darden Employee Review

5.0
Oct 23, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Working with great people - Serving the best food the industry has to offer at a great value - Flexible Hours - Great room for advancement My GM is one of the greatest guys/managers I have ever worked for. He has been a mentor and somewhat of a father to me throughout my time at Longhorn.

Cons

- Some of the lower level managers need to learn how to respect employees. I worked at Longhorn as a server/bartender for 5 years in total. Around my 3rd year there, a fairly new manager openly screamed at me in the middle of the dinning room in front of guests because I was 5 minutes late when in fact he looked at the wrong schedule and I was an hour early. Managers like this should be fired from the company immediately. - The district manager of our region had absolutely no respect for the GM of our store and would openly berate him in front of other employees which I found to be completely un-professional. Especially when our GM was one of the best performing in the company.

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