Great Place to Intern - Software Engineer Intern Garmin Employee Review

4.0
6 Aug 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Your intelligence is reassured. The people around you know what they're talking about, so you know that any of your questions can be answered. As an engineer, you're given a lot of responsibility, and you find yourself testing a lot of your own work, so you'll probably notice you'll be developing projects a lot better and more serious than what you did in college. As an intern you get to work on many parts of a product that will be released. Unlike some other companies, your hours aren't spent scripting and documenting. You'll also be put in tough situations before a product release. The best part about an internship is that by the end of your twelve weeks, you'll have a lot to add to your resume.

Cons

Food from the cafeteria is expensive. Some divisions and teams receive more respect than others.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Culture, benefits, pay, and onsite gym.

Cons

Time off is not up to industry standard.

3.0
3 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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