Restaurant Manager

About the role

At Olive Garden, family is everything — about acceptance, support, and strength. Our Winning Family Starts With You, and we pride ourselves on an environment that gives restaurant managers flexibility to balance busy lives while leading teams with a passion for service, a strong desire to win, and the ability to build relationships. Restaurant Managers report to the General Manager and are accountable for taking initiative, being people‑focused, and results‑oriented.

Responsibilities

• Report to the General Manager and be accountable for taking initiative, being people‑focused, and results‑oriented.
• Lead teams with a passion for service, a strong desire to win, and an ability to build relationships.

Benefits

• Commitment to Quality of Life: 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 the first 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).
• Immediate eligibility for medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Company‑paid Short‑Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Discounts at over 100,000 merchants (cell phones, daycare, clothes, etc.).
• Weekly pay with competitive base salary and quarterly bonus eligibility.
• After one year of service: Company 401(k) with a match up to 120% on the first 6% of earnings.
• After one year of service: Company‑paid Retirement Plus Benefit of 1.5% of eligible salary to your 401(k) account.
• After one year of service: Darden Employee Stock Purchase program at 15% discount.
• Local Community Involvement: donated over 44 million pounds of food for hunger relief; $30.4 million in grants to team members through emergency assistance fund; $6.5 million donated to food banks across all 50 states.
• Safety & Sanitation: commitment to guest, team member, and manager safety; Covid‑19 protocols aligned with CDC guidelines.

Pay

Pay is variable by location; restaurant managers receive a competitive base salary and are eligible for quarterly bonuses, with weekly pay.

Schedule

• Regularly work no more than 50 hours per week.
• Receive 2 days off per week.
• Enjoy one weekend off per month.