That includes placing the health and safety of our team members and guests as a top priority. One key to our success is the high standards we set for ourselves and each other. Management career advancement opportunities (50%+ of our managers are promoted from hourly positions!)Īnd much more! Because at Olive Garden, We're All Family Here!.401(k) savings plan (Company match after 1 year of service).Discounts on cellphones, travel, electronics & much more!.Ongoing training to build critical skills for current and future roles.Paid Family and Medical Leave (up to 2 weeks after 1 year of service).Paid Sick Leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked, begin accruing upon hire).Flexible schedules to help you balance other life commitments (school, childcare, family care, etc.)."Gene definitely had high standards and was demanding, but very quick to give credit," Collins said.Our Winning Family Starts With You! Check out these great benefits! In the days since the announcement, she said former coworkers she has spoken with at Darden were relieved to see Lee put in charge. While running specialty restaurants, Lee oversaw the purchase of Eddie V's Prime Seafood and Yard House, two moves that brought former CEO Clarence Otis criticism as Darden's portfolio grew and performance wavered in flagships Olive Garden and Red Lobster, which has since been sold.Īs a boss, Collins said Lee is team focused and will bring in experts to help in areas where he has less experience. Val Collins, a former finance specialist at Darden, said Lee understands the thin margins of the business from his time managing restaurants.Ĭollins later reported to Lee as a financial officer in the specialty division until her retirement in 2013.
"Gene isn't going to be gallivanting out to 78 other board meetings, and he's not going to be the big personality in town." "Gene's a workaholic, but he doesn't get to where he is without being a workaholic," McKerrow said. McKerrow said Lee was obsessed with restaurant basics such as service and delivering good food. "When he was made COO, we slowed the growth and started working on the internal marketing, and he wanted to make sure we delivered a better experience," said McKerrow, who now runs Ted's Montana Grill. He finished with the company as president and a member of the board of directors. After 10 months Lee was promoted to run LongHorn and then made the company's chief operations officer by 1998. George McKerrow, LongHorn Steakhouse founder and former RARE Hospitality chairman, hired Lee in 1997 to head Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse. He was admitted to the program based on his business experience without ever earning a bachelor's degree. Lee studied for his MBA at Suffolk University in Boston during his last three years at Uno.
After Uno Restaurants bought York, Lee worked his way through several management jobs to senior vice president of operations.
In fact, his entire career has been in restaurant operations, since that first job as a busboy, up to a district manager with York.
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