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Olive Garden is a chain of over 800 restaurants in the Italian casual dining segment that offers a variety of Italian specialties. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 1381

TOTAL RATINGS: 10573

CEO: Dan Kiernan

Olive Garden Company Culture

Olive Garden Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews

2.9/5

Olive Garden's Overall Culture is rated C-

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Environment

B+

Professional Development

B-

Office Culture

C+

Executive Team

C-

CEO Rating

C-

Olive Garden CEO

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Dan Kiernan

62 /100

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Olive Garden employees generally work 8.0 hrs a day

Work Hours

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Employees at Olive Garden report the work pace is comfortably fast

Work Pace

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On a typical day, employees at Olive Garden have 0 meetings

Meetings

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73% of Olive Garden employees look forward to interacting with their team every day

Coworkers

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Olive Garden employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year

Perks & Benefits

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67% of Olive Garden employees report they are happy with their work life balance

Work Life Balance

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Olive Garden employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week

Feedback

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50% of Olive Garden employees call their work environment positive

Environment

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What's the office layout like at Olive Garden?

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Small

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Why work for Olive Garden?

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Great people and benefits!

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What's the work from home policy like at Olive Garden?

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They don't have a work at home option

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Who did you meet with during your interview? And how long did it take to hear back from Olive Garden?

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I met with the general manager of the branch i worked at. And it took about 3 weeks to get called. For the interview

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Wanted to verify it's the corporate policy to force servers to use the Kiosk for all payments even if the Kiosk is missing from the table or out of battery. If the server did not comply, the server will be written up or face possible termination.

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Nesesito ablar con alguien que me ayuda con el envio de la w2. Por favor gracias

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Olive Garden

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30%

Olive Garden currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Olive Garden

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25%

Olive Garden currently ranks in the Bottom 25% of similarly sized companies

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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eNPS Score

29%	Promoters
16%	Passives
55%	Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

At Olive Garden, we want the experience of warmth and caring to extend beyond our restaurant walls and into every community where we live and serve. Our restaurants throughout the US and Canada are committed to giving back to their communities through a variety of local efforts, such as delivering meals in times of need and supporting local non-profits and organizations. Restaurants also participate in various company-wide community relations programs.

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Olive Garden Culture At a Glance

Overall, the 1381 Olive Garden employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or Bottom 30% of similar size companies. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

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

Overall, employees at Olive Garden are not very pleased with their team. 1381 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at Olive Garden are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Olive Garden believe the environment at Olive Garden is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Olive Garden is comfortably fast. About 82% of the employees at Olive Garden work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Olive Garden are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

1381 employees at Olive Garden have reviewed Olive Garden 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 1381 Olive Garden employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or Bottom 30% of similar size companies. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.Employees at Olive Garden are not very pleased with their total compensation at Olive Garden, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits. Overall, employees at Olive Garden are not very pleased with their team. 1381 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at Olive Garden are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.The majority of employees at Olive Garden believe the environment at Olive Garden is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Olive Garden is comfortably fast. About 82% of the employees at Olive Garden work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.Overall, the employees at Olive Garden are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.