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"Flexible schedule, easy to take time off" (in 120 reviews)
"Flexible hours and good benefits" (in 73 reviews)
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"Very stressful and long hours on your feet are required" (in 74 reviews)
"Work/life balance did not always happen" (in 23 reviews)
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- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Money was really good during dinner service
Cons
Work nights every weekend gets boring
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Overall good place to work; many of challenges are typical of Fortune 500 companies
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great brands; competitive industry; opportunity to learn a lot
Cons
Marketing is needed but not valued; company is run by operations and finance. If you are in one of those functions, will be better experience.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Love pay Good food Loving people Weekly pay
Cons
Bad management Poor hours No support Bad timing
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Darden dimes, flexible schedules and amazing work environment
Cons
When COVID hit, things changed a lot that made working less enjoyable
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Flexible and reliable good managers
Cons
Very long shifts and understaffed
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Treat you as if you’re family, unending support from heart of the house, front of the house, and our management team
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No cons to post at this time.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Tips, discount, co-workers, hours, nice people
Cons
You will experience no one tipping you
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Benefits,pro, work life balance, and a cement
Cons
Staffing issues at times, difficult guests, dealing with the public during a pandemic.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Management is very accommodating and understanding when life happens. I've worked at two locations and all the managers have been this way but one but she did not stay with Darden long so I assume this is a quality they try to keep in management for the well being of their employees.
Cons
Only downfall is there isn't much room for advancement from what I could tell. I've been with them 3 years now and I'm ready to move onto something different, but theres nothing else here for me.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Decent training, flexible schedule, good benefits for a serving job
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Low pay, tendency to either be wildly over or understaffed
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