Darden Restaurants Employee Reviews
Out of 358 Darden Restaurants employee reviews, 74% were positive. The remaining 26% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Darden Restaurants improve their work culture. The Marketing team, with 90% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Darden Restaurants compared to all other departments at the company. The Customer Support team offered the most constructive feedback, with 47% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Review from Customer Success Dept
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They are honest and up front
Very easy to talk to
Review from Customer Success Dept
Flexible and willing to give and take feedback
Four years in, my headship has been top notch the whole time. I started the week Covid shut everything down. Darden went above and beyond in making sure that the boots on the ground had everything we needed to safely run our restaurants. And the measures to care for their Team Members impressed me.
I can always depend on my leaders to point my in the best direction.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Treatment of all employees fairly and without bias of gender or race.
Knowledge and respect in the workplace
Follow their own policy's manager and crew member .
Go back to the basics---Guest-Employee--Investor priorites folks--Quality-Value- & Service-- nobody remembers those days--employes begged for shifts-wow, those were the days!!
The GM needs to learn to support his team members and value them. The GM also needs to follow through on things he says he will. He needs to support his team instead of tearing them apart.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Paid sick hours and short term disability insurance
Insurance benefits ie, dental, medical and vision
Review from Sales Dept
Management here. We get 3 months paid medical leave. One year salary free life insurance. Great insurance packages. Stock benefits. 401K match is consistently at 100%-120% at 6% of your salary. Discount mall is hundreds of discounts on events, theme parks, hotel/car, products galore, shoes, et all.
Great insurance choices are the best part of my compensation package.
I can cash it out
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Experience does not equal fair pay.
Lower prices for benefits and more options
Higher rates and full health benefits.
Yes all the time..specially by manager.
If you worked the number of hours it to complete all assigned tasks successfully, we were looking at 70 hour weeks, not to mention the close-off-open-mid- off-open-close--vindictive GM
What are some of the best things about your team?
We all know how to work as a team except when the executive aint slappin employees around.
Very helpful, great team work
Review from Customer Success Dept
Most strive for a level of excellence in their work.
The staff is great, we want to help each other succeed and make money.
I love the diversity of my team.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
There is no trainings in the kitchen which make for an uncomfortable shift when the chef does feel it's an issue.
Nothing we keep the business going.
Work together as a team
Team work, compatibility, side work, standards, respect
Communication skills and willingness to help others.
Review from Customer Success Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
On days when certain staff and managers are there, the environment can be great.
Supportive leadership and encouragement to advance
The prevailing desire on the part of the staff to deliver excellence in their work.
Nothing extremely toxic work place.
We celebrate culture every day. We celebrate wins and we recognize achievements and the hard work that goes into making it happen. We have fun competitions that drive our teams to really take pride in their work. And it shows, at the end of the day.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
In my restaurant, favorites are clear.
The GM needs a better attitude. Needs to stop harassing employees and bullying them.
Better management. Management that are there to have a good sales shift.
Start doing right by everyone that works here not select other like I said run server sales and see how only select few kept a full section
Treat people like people and pay them fairly
What did you like most about the interview process?
Easy process and i felt welcomed and needed.
You got to meat with each manager during interview process
Review from Customer Success Dept
Getting to know the managers
They asked questions and were kind
Their interest in me and my life
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
To be honest about how stations are manned and how cross utilization starts.
Couldnt say, have no idea.
N ok this takes too long iit said 6 p seconds the lies
I would change nothing at all
Have managers that are doing the interview be genuine and not fake
What makes you most happy at work?
The people i work with usually.
Coworkers are my favorite part
Review from Customer Success Dept
Customer interaction and customer satisfaction.
Review from Sales Dept
Being a leader of a great group of individuals, making great experiences for our guests.
When everything is going super smoothly
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Go back to being a "fish house"--maybe not all the way back to the nautical uniforms, but i tell you, not happier crew (or guests)
Hiring standards, firing standards, pay
No one really cares, people just show up and do the absolute bare minimum. They are unsanitary and disgusting.
Review from Customer Support Dept
Good workers aren't recognized for their efforts
Review from Customer Support Dept
Managers and the blatant favoritism and work ethic
Review from Sales Dept
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