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      Garmin

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      Garmin reviews

      3.7

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (1,854 total reviews)
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      Clifton Pemble

      76% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,854 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Garmin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 13, 2024

      Ups and downs

      Cybersecurity engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My boss was really good. Good health care and the stock program was alright. Retirement matching was great but with the caveat that it doesn't vest until 5 year mark.

      Cons

      The pay is quite low relative to my field. With 8 years of experience and a handful of advanced certs I was still making less than 100k. In this economic climate I just couldn't make that work anymore so I left when I got offered what I'm worth. The office felt depressing and I could go a whole week without anybody talking to me. It gave off a really weird vibe and made me hate going into the office. They would always say that going into the office is necessary for collaboration and team chemistry but my team had none. Their WFH policy when I interviewed and started was flexible but slowly started becoming more strict.

      1.0
      Feb 26, 2024

      Great company, terrible upper management

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are many pros working for Garmin like: - 401k contributions are the best I've seen. If I contribute 10% of my income, they add another 12.5% - Employee Stock has 15% discount and can contribute up to 10% of your income - Company culture is great, everyone, as in everyone, were previous engineers - Hybrid style with the option to work remotely on Monday and Friday, most of us did - Aside from the 2-3 snakes with friendly faces, everyone I have met were genuinely cool people, got along really well with them, and have not had any issues brought up to me - Performance based which matters on yearly evaluations - Sports and activities are highly encouraged in the office - There's lots of clubs, to name a few: baking club, fitness club, volleyball club, board games club - About 3-6 team events annually including BBQ, happy hours, etc - Really exciting work as well, I was never doing a very repeated boring tasks

      Cons

      - Slightest display of unprofessionalism will get you terminated immediately with no warning and no severance - Everything put into writing in company chats, including private, are taken seriously and at face value including jokes and sarcasm - Pay is average, whatever Google say your income be on that city will be your income - Annual raise is only at the end of the year at about 0-3.2% yearly and additional 10% each promotion which does not happen often

      4.0
      May 19, 2023

      Great Culture, Could Be Paid More

      Visual designer i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits. Work Life Balance. Culture. Coworkers. Management that wants to see you succeed.

      Cons

      Company as a whole is reactive, rather than proactive. Take home pay is lower compared to industry standard. Reasoning is that benefits are so good. While true... doesn't address inflation.

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