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Darden Restaurants
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Darden Restaurants
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Rank: 74
Previous rank: 65
Annual revenue ($ millions): $7,999

What makes it so great?
More than half of the restaurant group's employees donate to a program that provides relief to employees facing emergencies.

Headquarters:
Orlando, FL

Website: www.darden.com

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Employees
U.S. employees
192,023
Employees outside U.S.
3,194
Jobs
New jobs (1 year)
-973
% job growth (1 year)
-1.9%
% voluntary turnover
8%
Applicants
1,413,691
Job openings (as of 1/2/14)
3,270
Pay
Avg. annual pay*
Most common job (salaried):
Restaurant Manager
$55,221
Most common job (hourly):
Server
$26,240
Benefits
Fully paid sabbaticals
No
Onsite child care
No
Health
100% health-care coverage
No
Onsite fitness center
Yes
Subsidized gym membership
Yes
Work-life
Job sharing program
Yes
Compressed workweek
Yes
Telecommuting
Yes
Diversity
% minorities
45%
% women
52%
Has nondiscrimination policy
that includes sexual orientation?
Yes
Offers domestic partner benefits
for same-sex couples?
Yes
Professional training
Salaried employees (hrs./yr.):
96
Hourly employees (hrs./yr.):
63
From the February 3, 2014 issue

Notes:
N.A.: Not available.
U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2012 or latest fiscal year. All data are from July 2013 and based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.

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