Sincerely Frustrated
Houston ,#2UPDATE Employee ..inside information
Mon, December 22, 2014
This former employee took the time to tell what happened personally to them. You sound just like the jerk azz managers. I personally work for Olive Garden and this does go on. Being late is aside the real issue. I believe this happened and i personally am going through something with Management and Employees. There is a silent practice between Olive Garden servers and management. if you get a PDR (write up) and risk loosing your job ,management will bribe you with snitching on other co workers to keep your job , if not you're fired. Also when they want to fire you and don't have grounds , they will have their favorite pics harass you, bully you, watch your every move and bring you in the office to belittle you , bring forth a false situation and accuse you of it, tell you that you are the blame, emotionally and mentally break you down . And put you in the worst section where you will not make any money , send you home early and make your life hell. Several employees are late everyday at Olive Garden at most locations, I know this because I've worked at more than one. Going to corporate does very little. In fact it makes the situation worse. Managers always tell who turned them in and instigate the situation by telling lies to turn co workers against the whistle blower ... And when the LU LU hits the fan , they ask you what you've done wrong, what did you do to them.
So before you discredit someone, research all the lawsuits Darden is facing currently by employees. class action collective law suits. Darden has gotten too big for their own pants, he'll they cheat you out of wages and do not pay you the tip makeup your owed to compensate for the tips you didn't make due to business declining and or cheap tippers. So you are probably a manager with that ego-politically correct -I'm better than you - follow my standards, because only my beliefs matter - MENTALITY... Sad Sad Sad.
So to the college student , I'm sorry you went thru this, as I do understand literally!!!!!!!!
Jeffrey
North Canton,#3UPDATE Employee
Sun, April 13, 2008
I read your caustic and exhausting report. For a college student your diction and grammar are very sub-par. I do not believe anything that you wrote, and obviously your manager did not either. You were fired for being late on three occasions, as you admitted yourself. Perhaps your acidic personality also may have contributed to this factor (by reading your post I can tell you are not a guest favorite). You are the one that has mentioned your female parts (breasts) as a factor - whatever, move on and shut it down! Darden is a huge corporation with many levels of mangers both in store and corporate to file complaints. I find it strange you were hit in the parking lot just because you mentioned you felt that you were violated by management. Keep in school, you need it.
Lucrecia
Bowie,#4UPDATE Employee
Tue, February 06, 2007
darden has a strict "manager/ hourly employee fratinization" policy as well as a strict "no drug at work" policy. Check your employee handbook as it would have instructed you to contact your general manager or your regional vice president in regards to all of these situations and made a formal complaint through corporate channels. I have had to file a complaint on one occassion and I can assure the corporate office takes complaints of these natures very seriously and they act very swiftly in finding a solution to the problem.