Fun innovative company that does well hiring well balanced employees. - Software Engineer Garmin Employee Review

5.0
22 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Garmin is a fun, innovative company that does it's best to be open to progressive ideas. The work that I have done at the company has been very interesting as the GPS navigational devices market is blooming and starting to get a lot of attention. The company puts a priority on hiring very balanced employees who have technical skills, social skills, and practical skills. I feel like this helps a lot with team cohesion and in creating user focused products.

Cons

It is not very simple to transfer within the company to other business sectors. It would be great to have more R & D within the subsidiary companies of Garmin.

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Pros

Great work/life balance. Top pay if you're a top performer.

Cons

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3.0
3 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and work life balance. It's a good culture and I've never worked at a place where your immediate peers are this helpful and pleasant to work with, even across teams and offices. If you want to just come in and do just what is required for your job and go home with the knowledge you have a stable job, this is the perfect place to work. I'd only recommend working here if you just want a job, but don't care about a career.

Cons

There is poor career advancement, especially if you aren't male. Leadership does not care about leading people. The RTO has made working here less appealing. The excuse that you can't collaborate unless you are in the same building makes no sense when you work with people in 6 different countries. It is about control and appearances, all due to incredibly poor senior leadership strategies. The pay is also low and so is the quality of the software you work on. Leadership likes to talk quality, but they like fast and cheap. They will not support you in actual software quality nor implement changes to improve it. The same issues happen over and over without improvement.

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