Hard to get a job there. Great company to work for. - Software Engineer Garmin Employee Review

5.0
May 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Very vibrant and goal driven organization. Incredible summer picnics, winter dinners, and lots of social events. The type of work changed all the time and was very rewarding. Parking garage (car doesn't get sun fade or snow). Lots of "new hire" kids out of college kept the culture young and fun.

Cons

Frankly, it's hard to stand out with so many extremely smart people. I know that sounds self-serving but I consider myself a pretty ambitious and dedicated worker, and I would rate myself an average performer on my team at Garmin. This combined with low turnover also hinders advancement. The pay was under industry but the health and other benefits made up for it.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

They have a great culture.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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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