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
Feb 9, 2012

Less than OK

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As a manager you have good job security, and some management seems to be compensated well for their time-- however, not all people get fair pay. If you are smart and hard working you can pretty easily be promoted to a General Manager in about 2 years.

Cons

It is still an environment where you work long hours (50+ per week) and have little work/life balance. You stand on your feet 10 hours a day and most times don't have a chance to eat lunch or even sit while you're working. Most General Managers are lazy and expect the assistant managers to hold the weight of responsibility in the restaurant's operations and metrics.

3.0
Feb 7, 2012

Darden

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- big name in the restaurant business - okay compensation - fair amount of benefits - relocation opportunities - promotional opportunities

Cons

- long hours, but that's the same with everyone else in the restaurant business - corporation rules: often changing and gap between the "real workers" and senior management - whining staff

3.0
Jan 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, good if you are going to school. Also offer decent benefits for this type of job. Employee discounts for outside purchases.

Cons

Company forces you to lie to the guest. The company has also recently reduced there busser and bartender pay by about 50%. Seems to be confusion in the upper management about where the company is headed

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