4.0
Jan 16, 2009
Current employee
Boston, MA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Compensation is pretty good. Although I had concerns with the buyout (when Longhorn and Capital Grill was purchased by Darden) everything has gone okay. Darden will continue to grow Longhorn and streamline the purchasing and receiving process. They will probably not be too good for Capital Grill though. Darden continues to be a competitive employer through research of other companies.
Cons
Employee Relations is too involved in decision making. They are thousands of miles away and want to run the restaurant for the management teams. Darden is a huge company and they are afraid of employee relations law suits. Health Insurance is aweful.