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
May 15, 2017

decent job overall

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

offres competitive pay and benefits

Cons

promotions are very political based

3.0
Apr 21, 2017

Accouting Processor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits package, discount on personal dining card, friendly environment. Lots of celebrations take place when the company does exceptionally well

Cons

The way in which they use a goal oriented system is beyond absurd. Technology seems to be quite on the low end as far as processing information goes. Why are we scanning papers still? They will not advance you if you did not go above and beyond in the role you were currently in. That basically means even if you hit your mark it does not mean your end goal to move up will happen. Over priced dining items in the cafeteria. There is small gossip within certain areas. You are told to become a yes man to upper level people.

4.0
Jan 23, 2017

Sales Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Darden offers great benefits for management- insurance, 401k, retirement, and great vacation time for tenured Managers. And the company is continuing to grow.

Cons

The hours are very long for mid management and the work load is very heavy. You also work all holidays except for Christmas- for now.

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