Is Darden Restaurants hiring? Hiring trends, April 2026
Darden Restaurants is in the 12th hiring percentile in April 2026, down 20 pts in 12 months. Its balance of joins versus leaves over 36 months beats 11% of US employers. Based on 602 job changes in résumé histories.
Hiring percentile by month
What the numbers say
Résumé histories place Darden Restaurants in the 12th hiring percentile in April 2026 — among the slowest hirers. Over 12 months the percentile moved -20 pts (from April 2025), a trend that is sharply down.
Looking at people moving in and out over the 36 months to March 2026, Darden Restaurants's balance of joins versus leaves is better than at 11% of US employers in the panel. More people are leaving relative to joining than at most US employers. We rank this balance inside the month rather than showing raw net flow, because newer résumés reveal joins with a delay and raw counts understate recent hiring everywhere.
Within Consumer Discretionary, the median employer in our US panel is in the 42nd hiring percentile, so Darden Restaurants is below its sector peers this month.
About 1% of the career moves we observe at Darden Restaurants are in tech roles.
These figures come from 602 job changes in public résumé histories over a rolling 36-month window, not from job postings. Postings show intent; résumé histories show who actually joined. The data is updated monthly and currently runs through April 2026.
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Data: HÜNT Workforce Panel · résumé history · updated monthly · data through April 2026 · Methodology