Restaurant Manager

Restaurant Manager – Olive Garden

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. This position offers variable pay by location. Salary typically includes a competitive base salary and quarterly bonus eligibility.

Our Restaurant Managers report to the General Manager and are accountable for taking initiative, being people‑focused, and results‑oriented. They lead their teams with a passion for service, a strong desire to win, and an ability to build relationships. Responsibilities include leading staff, maintaining quality standards, ensuring guest satisfaction, and supporting operational excellence throughout the restaurant.

• Commitment to Quality of Life:
  Restaurant Managers regularly work no more than 50 hours per week with 2 days off.
• Consistently enjoy one weekend off per month.
• Vacation and flex time (up to 3 weeks paid time off within 1st year).
• Free Employee Assistance Program for work‑life balance support.
• Paternity and maternity leave.
• Adoption reimbursement assistance.
• Paid time for the care of a family member (after 1 year of service).
• Career advancement: 99% of General Managers and Directors of Operations promoted from within; tuition reimbursement & student loan assistance.
• Weekly pay with strong benefits: quarterly bonus eligibility, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company‑paid short‑term disability and life insurance.
• Discounts at over 100,000 merchants (cell phones, daycare, clothes, etc.).
• After one year of service: 401(k) with a match up to 120% on the first 6% of earnings, company‑paid retirement plus 1.5% of eligible salary, Darden Employee Stock Purchase program at 15% discount.

• Donated more than 44 million pounds of food to provide hunger relief.
• $30.4 million in grants to team members through our Emergency Assistance Fund.
• $6.5 million donated to food banks across all 50 states.

One of our top priorities is the safety of our guests, team members, and managers. We continue to align our Covid‑19 protocols with CDC guidelines.

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