Darden Reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,844 total reviews)

Rick Cardenas

73% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Darden has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,844 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Darden employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good money in serving here

Cons

it gets very busy here

1.0
Oct 8, 2025

444

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good pay good hours good work life

Cons

bad management amazing team engineering

3.0
Jul 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good hours, easy to switch schedule

Cons

the management can be unreasonable

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