Vantaggi
Darden has great ideals and vision. Olive Garden in general has amazing principles and philosophies that certainly when executed make the workplace great. Life at the OG is usually pretty good in the fact that the basis for the company is when your here your family. That usually goes for the staff as well as the guest. The company can do a good job at dangling incentives such as trips, prizes, etc in order for you to do your best. Health benefits are great especially if you are in the HMO. The training is excellent and instills the passion to do your best at the job.
Svantaggi
Downsides would be that they don't always listen to those in direct contact with the problems. People offering the answers usually haven't been there so they don't know or forgot what it is like to have problems. The bonus package seems to be getting harder and harder to achieve, so you are somewhat making less money every year as opposed to gaining in salary. The company has also become a persona in their ideals and not really following through on the meaning behind it. Not everyone cares about your quality of life or your family it really has begun to not matter.