Darden reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,846 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

72% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,846 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
3.0
Jul 21, 2015

Bartender

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I am able to support myself by working here and the hours are flexible enough for a college student like me.

Cons

The rigidity of the corporate structure prevents me from bringing in new ideas for drinks, recipes, customers, etc. Also, sometimes management is not exactly perfect (inappropriate and disrespectful).

5.0
Jul 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Flexibility amongst the management, senior management and hourly employees. -Amazing schedules, quality of life in an industry that you normally do not. -Amazing salary compensation and increases are above any other company. -Ability to grow! -Completely diverse and current with any and all policies. -They take care of their own employees and their employees family's with Darden Dimes like no other company. -They're hands down the cleanest restaurant in the country if not the world! They set the standard for Quality Assurance and a failing score when I was there was a 94%! If that does not tell you how clean they are nothing will. But they like no other restaurant take sanitation to a whole new level. -401K match is above any other restaurants and pretty much any other industry. -Ability to learn and travel! They train nonstop, and study any and all information presented that is relative to the industry. Top notch training facilities when other restaurants offer 8-10 week training Darden is at 13 weeks with a week in Orlando FL. They've sent me all over the world, to Italy, FL , the west coast and east coast for training and reward their management teams for being the top of the area, division and company. There's so many pros to Darden and would advise anyone entering the industry to work for them. They're personal from your area director to the president of the company and literally build a rapport with you if you're willing to do so yourself.

Cons

Honestly there's not 1! My only con would be that I left! I did so for my family and not a day goes by that I've ever do not regret leaving.

5.0
Jul 15, 2015

Server and bartwnder

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The coworkers are mostly nice

Cons

The area is very redneck and undereducated about how to dine out and how to tip.

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