Great benefits but poor local culture and communication - Quality Automation Engineer Garmin Employee Review

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great, and I mean great benefits.

Cons

Poor local culture, everybody is in their own clicks and don't deviate from them. Not a huge amount of office friendliness. Not many team building exercises, and qa gets left out of alot. If you're not a developer, you will have a yard time socially. Coffee is the worst I've had at a company ever. Return to office was not handled right, and the wfh policies were written very vague by a local manager, but what they actually wanted was very specific and was not communicated at all(avg of 1 per month over the course of a year). This lead to a problem where I was denied a wfh request to grieve a dead pet because I used wfh 2 weeks earlier to register a new car ( that I got solely for work commute)

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Great company to work for. Great Benefits and a great culture

Cons

Don't have much here. Being in Kansas, the pay is in line with the cost of living so don't expect google or apple levels of pay.

3.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Mostly interesting engineering work Good work-life balance and managers who understand schedules Decent benefits package (especially 401K)

Cons

Little opportunity for remote work Compensation is not competitive compared to engineering roles elsewhere Easy to stagnate if your manager is not advocating for you or setting proper expectations Promotion decisions are not transparent Internal transfers are difficult and uncommon Company growth has created excessive bureaucracy Individual responsibility is becoming less clear as the company rapidly grows

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