Darden Reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,843 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

63% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,843 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 and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
27 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company to work for!

Cons

No cons at this company!

3.0
10 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You will learn a lot about the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Cons

It takes a long time to get promoted. Leadership tends to be "old school" in that everyone pays attention to when you arrive and what time you leave. They put a premium on people being there longer than others regardless of how much of that time is actually spent working. If you can finish your work in 8 hours, but another person accomplishes the same amount (or often less) but that person gets in earlier and stays later, the latter person will be viewed more favorably. Darden tends to pay more than other employers in Orlando. Which is a pro and a con. The con of that is if you take a job in their finance department, you will likely be stuck there even when you realize that you won't likely get promoted in a reasonable amount of time. This is because leaving will likely require you to take a pay cut unless you're willing to leave Florida for a lateral.

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