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Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

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Not Great Training - Restaurant Manager Olive Garden Italian Restaurants Employee Review

2.0
20 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay was fair, schedule was okay but chaotic, benefits okay.

Cons

Be prepared to work more than what the promised hours are. You will be taking some work home with you. Never enough time to get things done. Training for managers is not good, you will not clearly understand what you need to know. Bonus was not that great. If you want to get promoted good luck, it will take a year in each manager area of responsibility before can move to the next area, so expect at least 3 years before you might be eligible to promotion. Lastly, this employees can call HR or file complaints on a manager. They may pay good, but just another corporate entity.

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5.0
24 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Dont need experience Can make good money Free pasta

Cons

Customers are the worst customers imaginable. Rude and broke.

2.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits, Pay, & Team Your team makes the experience everytime, team culture, strong leadership, development

Cons

All about your leader and how they lead. Multiple different directors, countless stores, and it just takes one leader to ruin your experience, create distrust, burnout, and choose race vs performance to hit certain metrics for optics. Document everything, saved so many headaches due to no cameras Hours & stress levels are HIGH

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