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365
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Darden Restaurants Company Culture

Darden Restaurants Culture

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3.6/5
Darden Restaurants' Overall Culture is rated C+

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Darden Restaurants CEO

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Gene Lee Darden Restaurants' CEO
Gene Lee
70 /100
A Day in the Life
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Darden Restaurants employees generally work 8.5 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Darden Restaurants report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
78% of Darden Restaurants employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Darden Restaurants employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
A Day in the Life
57% of Darden Restaurants employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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What benefits does Darden Restaurants provide?

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  • Health, dental, life insurance. Legal help, discounts on phone bills and many other things like food in restaurant and other Darden...

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What's the interview process like at Darden Restaurants?

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  • It's not bad. The personality test is annoying but the two interviews aren't difficult to get thru.

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What part of Darden Restaurants's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

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  • To-go and catering is growing. Wine sales is struggling

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Darden Restaurants?

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  • I'd have managers be able to lock the doors when business dies rather than having a set closing time.

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Darden Restaurants

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Darden Restaurants currently ranks in the Top 35% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Darden Restaurants

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25%

Darden Restaurants currently ranks in the Top 25% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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43%Promoters
16%Passives
41%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

Today, everything we do is rooted in our mission -- to be financially successful through great people consistently delivering outstanding food, drinks and service in an inviting atmosphere, making every guest loyal.

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Darden Restaurants Culture At a Glance

365 employees at Darden Restaurants have reviewed Darden Restaurants across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 4 days ago.

Overall, the 365 Darden Restaurants employees give their leadership a grade of C+, or Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Darden Restaurants are not very pleased with their total compensation at Darden Restaurants, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Darden Restaurants are generally satisfied with their team. 365 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C. The majority believe the meetings at Darden Restaurants are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Darden Restaurants believe the environment at Darden Restaurants is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Darden Restaurants is comfortably fast. About 70% of the employees at Darden Restaurants work 8 hours or less, while 9% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Darden Restaurants are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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    73 / 100
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    Inc.
    77 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Darden Restaurants
    68 / 100
  4. 4th
    Luby's
    56 / 100
  5. 5th
    Brinker International
    54 / 100
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