Darden reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,847 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

75% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,847 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
2.0
Sep 23, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Meeting new people. They work around your schedule with school and your children. They give you a 25% discount when you eat at any darden restaurant.

Cons

Servers are made to tip out 2.25% of there sales to other employees....I have tipped out over $50.00 before.

4.0
Sep 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pros to working for Darden restaurant group was the flexible schedules and the management working with you on your schedule. The management was also very fair when it came to not picking favorites.

Cons

The cons to working for Darden is the nature of the work. Restaurant work is not for everyone. It can be very stressful and it sometimes feels like the company is more committed to guest counts rather than the well being of employees.

5.0
Sep 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great managers who treated everyone with respect, decent money, good benefits, mostly fun coworkers, flexable schedule.

Cons

Rude customers, bad tippers, some crabby/cranky coworkers, tons of rules/things you are required to do since it's a corporate restaurant (ex: must use tray even for one drink, must greet tables with wine bottle, etc)

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