Olive Garden Employer Reviews

NIce people to work with and a clean work environment. Everyone was very helpful when I was in training and very nice after i left.

The Olive Garden was a great place to work. The employees i worked with treated me with a great deal of respect. The team work from the employees was also great. The managers always were attentive to you if you needed their help with unsatisfyed guest.

It is Challenge to get enough hours. They don't pay enough. Stressful, but talking with a lot of guests is fun.

Olive Garden really treats you like family. Management is great in how they take care of their employees. Also, they offer health benefits which is a huge plus.

I loved working for Darden and Olive Garden. It was a great company. You have to be ready to work in a fast paced environment. The only down fall is a server doesn't receive a check and is dependable only on tips.

Darden was named one of the top 100 companies to work for by Forbes in 2011. They certainly live up to their reputation with the Olive Garden. Darden has very high standards for its employees. Data is gathered and analyzed on a daily basis and I applaud them for always putting the guest first. Due to its very nature, the restaurant industry takes a – more... lot of time and I frequently worked a lot of double shifts to maintain full-time hours. It's a lot of running and a lot of hard work for not much pay. – less

Darden has a lot of opportunities as far as advancement, The employees there are there not just because they love their job, but because they truly care. Benefits as well as pay are excellent. Voted one of the best companies to work for several years in a row

like sauté station to me it was fun however, for a short period of time that I was there I know all the stations.

Greeting and seating guests.
I learned how to be more open with people that I have never met before, and now I'm able to effectively strike up a conversation with a stranger.
Awesome management
Very friendly co-workers/team members.
The hardest part of my job was having to quit,
I most enjoyed meeting new people almost every day.

I worked for Olive Garden on and off for nearly 7 years in multiple locations and at different levels. I worked in the kitchen doing prep work, salad making, desserts, expoditing and even helped wash dishes. I worked the floor as a busser, server, bartender, and togo, and even hosted a few times.

You can work your tail off at this job and make very – more... little, and you can get lucky and make tons without doing a thing. Customer clientele has steadily declined since I started working. More coupons and deals brought in more people with less expendable cash and the benefits of being a server/bartender went away. Corporate changes continue to drive profits into executives hands and are hurting the employees that run the show, and even the managers at times.

As with most restaurant jobs, management plays favorites, and you have to play politics to get what you want. It teaches you how to lie to peoples faces and throws morals and ethics out the window. – less

Most days being employed at Olive Garden are decent, but some are really stessful. After almost 8 years being employed there its time to move on

This was not a great place to work. There was constant changing of management, disorganization, and they do not care about their workers.

This job was pretty fun. I enjoyed the people I worked with and the customers that would come and dine there. The hardest part about the job was that I was pregnant and I got sick a lot

They are a good company with good benefits , i learned hard work goes a long way. Helping others makes life better for everyone on the job. the hardest part of the job was working by myself with a big work load, the most enjoyable part was everyone was friendly and helpful at work.

I have learned to manage time and money due to this job. Management were fun and outgoing and also very helpful.

Olive Garden was a great place to work. Very organized and well managed.

This Olive Garden was awful. I developed an eye twitch from the stress of working here. My typical day was spent serving four to five tables of people their food and beverages. Most days I got there around 11:00 a.m. and left around 12:00 p.m. there was barely time to take a break to use the restrooms let alone stop and eat. Everything was on hyper-drive. – more... Hurry up and get it done or else. They were short staffed and didn't care about the staff. I learned that no job is worth the stress I was under working here. – less

I worked for Olive Garden for 3 1/2 years. They fired me because of a scheduling error, and the manager ended up forgetting that she even fired me. After 3 1/2 years. They only give you a three table section because of all the extra work they require their servers to do. Making salad, soups, and getting complicated orders correct while making bottom – more... level tips due to the cheap food. I finally stopped having nightmares. – less

Great inviroment , very friendly and also very careing family.

At Olive Garden I conduct quality checks on food preparation and presentation and serve food in a pleasant and friendly manner.
Also, Operate cash register and ensure accurate cash handling and balancing of nightly cash closeouts, following restaurant procedures and policies