Easy, comfortable place for students to work. - Server Darden Employee Review

4.0
11 Mar 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good, solid company and ease in which you can move into a leadership position. Management program is fairly intense, so I never had any problems with managers. As with most corporate restaurants, they have high standards of cleanliness and procedural issues which I only came to admire after moving into a privately owned, upscale rstaurant. Darden has good benefits for full-time employees which I never took part of because I was always a part-time server and a student. Also, Darden restaurants such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster are so widely known that you don't ever really feel a loss of business.

Cons

The higher up in management you get, the more cutthroat it seems to be.

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5.0
17 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to work and good benefits

Cons

No cons. Very transparent with expectations

3.0
1 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The overall pay is good

Cons

Work life balance Leadership not the best on smaller brands Heavy work load

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