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
5.0
Oct 3, 2016

Great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great atmosphere, room for development and leadership. People are all friendly. Salaries are in a decent range. Great benefits. Loyal

Cons

The distance for driving, work hours could be a little more flexible. Also working from a remote location should be considered

2.0
Oct 3, 2016

Move on. Nothing to see here.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The core job itself is enjoyable when you remove all of the politics and time wasting tasks that Darden piles on.

Cons

Make no mistake, with this company you are a number. They extract all they can and move on to the next candidate. Longhorn runs the lowest hourly labor % in the industry. You will always be battling the labor matrix. It's all you'll ever hear about.

2.0
Jul 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Started as an hourly in 2005, Earned College Degree, Became Manager in 2012...4yrs of dedicated Service...over worked under paid, underappreciated, and you will spend work days and days off running a 4-6hr trip to pick up product. Seems like such a great opportunity, but you will be a slave!

Cons

Lack of Corporate Support, 55-80hrs a week, less bonuses due to continued changes, but more long hours required to make their goals with no incentives...the company downsized and is not doing well...Let many amazing leaders go to save them some $$$ ...The board of directors was replaced and laid off many decades of dedicated employees...that was the rouse to better the company. When you are new they sell you a Disney Storey...Run into your passion, empathy, care, motivation as a newbie.

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