Darden Reviews

I worked at Darden full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Strong culture, great corporate headquarters, very good benefits.

Cons – Needs to improve on focusing on the most important work needed to grow the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to focus on role accountability in order to clarify the most important work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Team leaders who care about other employees.
Management that helps those interested in moving forward with their career.
Flexible hours.
Good benefits, and vacation pay for full-time employees.

Cons – Same cons as any service industry profession.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more critical of those who want to advance in the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Darden full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -Opportunity for advancement and development to those who seek it
-Benefits are outstanding from basic core benefits to corporate partnerships/perks
-Working for a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For
-Looks great on a resume
-Learn skills here that are transferable and relatable to many fields otherwise

Cons – -In order to be the best, it requires working longer than the mandatory 50hrs per week.
-Work/Life balance can suffer for those who are truly committed to advancing their career with Darden

Advice to Senior Management – It is unrealistic to expect C-Level executives of such a large company to actually touch base with all of their employees. However, this company does a great job at the attempt. Keep the positivity coming!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden full-time for more than a year

Pros – Sr. Leaders truly care about their employees.

Cons – No cons identified in my situation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible hours, above minimum wage, benefits, easy opportunity for advancement

Cons – Corporate, low importance/disposable, healthy risks from working with people and their food, rude customers that must be catered to, no set hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Darden part-time for less than a year

Pros – - Flexible hours
- Managers treat you well
- No side work as a server

Cons – - Too many extra stuff to bring out
- Always getting triple sat

Advice to Senior Management – Help out the servers more

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden

Pros – friendly environment, felxible hours. Must have a long term goals. college or otherwise. You wouldnt want this to be your career

Cons – low pay, on feet all day (9hours)

Advice to Senior Management – benefits?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Darden part-time for less than a year

Pros – Management is easy going. Learn mostly by trial and error. Relatively easy work as long as you keep track of everything, and pay can me good on most days.

Cons – Communication can be disorganized at times. Employees that bring personal problems to work. Having to find management for all approvals.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great values and opportunity for advancement

Cons – Very large corporation focused on extreme growth

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Darden full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great company. Compensation & Benefits are really good. upper management is really good.

Cons – 60 + hour a week. Work/ life is horrible. the restaurant industry is still in the stone age. When it comes to this. It is getting harder and harder to get and keep qualified managers at 60 + hours a week.

Advice to Senior Management – Mandatory no more than 50 hours a week. you will keep your manager a lot longer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company