Dishwasher - No Experience!
Posted on October 24, 2025
Olive Garden is a renowned casual dining restaurant chain known for its warm hospitality, delicious Italian-American cuisine, and a commitment to creating a welcoming environment for both guests and team members. With a long-standing reputation for high standards of service, quality food, and a family-friendly atmosphere, Olive Garden operates numerous locations across the United States. Each restaurant aims to provide an inviting space where guests can enjoy hearty meals crafted with care and freshly prepared ingredients. The company emphasizes the importance of teamwork, guest satisfaction, and maintaining a clean and safe dining environment. Olive Garden is dedicated to offering growth opportunities to employees and fostering a community where everyone feels valued and supported. This is not just a place to work, but a family to join.
The position being offered is for a Dishwasher, a key role within Olive Garden’s team dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and sanitation in the restaurant. Dishwashers play an essential part in supporting smooth restaurant operations by handling the critical task of cleaning and sanitizing plates, glassware, utensils, and various touchpoints used by guests and staff. Their work helps maintain the restaurant’s reputation for health and safety, which is a top priority for Olive Garden. This role directly contributes to the overall guest experience by ensuring that every item used in service is spotless and safe, ultimately helping to create an enjoyable and hygienic dining environment.
Pay for this role varies by location, reflecting regional cost-of-living and market conditions. Olive Garden offers flexible scheduling designed to help team members balance their work commitments with other life priorities such as education, childcare, and family care. The position is ideal for individuals seeking weekly pay, steady employment with opportunities for career advancement, and a supportive workplace culture that recognizes and rewards employee contributions. Olive Garden provides ongoing training programs that equip dishwashers and other team members with critical skills relevant to their current positions and future career growth.
Olive Garden is committed to supporting its employees with an array of benefits including paid sick leave, paid family and medical leave, health and dental insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching after one year of service. Additional benefits include free employee meals, anniversary pay to acknowledge employee loyalty, and special discounts on cellphones, travel, electronics, and other products. For those interested in career progression, more than half of Olive Garden’s management team has been promoted from hourly positions, exemplifying the company’s dedication to internal growth and employee success.
Working as a dishwasher at Olive Garden is more than just a job; it is an opportunity to be part of a welcoming family that prioritizes safety, high standards, and a supportive team environment. Those who join Olive Garden can look forward to not only gaining valuable hospitality experience but also enjoying numerous company benefits and career development opportunities. This role is critical in upholding the Olive Garden promise that every guest enjoys a clean, safe, and pleasant dining experience, which begins with the hard work and dedication of the kitchen and cleaning staff. Olive Garden invites motivated, reliable individuals to join their family and contribute to a restaurant culture that values every member's role and wellbeing.
- high school diploma or equivalent preferred
- ability to stand for extended periods
- capacity to lift and carry heavy items
- willingness to work flexible shifts including evenings weekends and holidays
- must be at least 18 years old
- able to communicate effectively in English