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      Garmin

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      Garmin reviews

      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (1,864 total reviews)
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      Clifton Pemble

      75% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,864 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
      Sep 26, 2016

      A mixed bag

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Challenging and interesting work, for the first 1-2 years. Interns and graduates are relied on to help deliver key projects. Colleagues are friendly and willing to help with questions. There are lots of sports opportunities - often more than one at each lunch time, and the office culture is to take a full hour's break at noon.

      Cons

      Slow promotions and requirement to fully prove capability before being allowed to move into new roles. Stubborn and inflexible management. Constant work overload. Constant changing of priorities, as events are often elevated to 'emergency' status unnecessarily. If you are not part of the lunchtime sports culture, then you are less likely to be given opportunities. Employees are rarely trusted by management with enough authority to effectively get their jobs done. No annual bonus (you usually get a Christmas turkey).

      4.0
      Sep 20, 2016

      Application Analyst

      Applications analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good working environment, good benefits and good place to work.

      Cons

      No flexible work hrs. Very flat hierarchy, hard to advance your career.

      3.0
      Sep 12, 2016

      Garmin hasn't come close to realizing it's potential

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the smartest people I've ever worked with are at Garmin; there is incredible talent at this company for sure. Great 401K, health benefits and in a few departments a real camaraderie and chance for advancement - but not all of them. See below.

      Cons

      People are not considered the most valuable asset here. No real career paths into leadership were to be had in most parts of this company. Along with that, Garmin was rife with politics and, frankly, this will be it's undoing if not changed. The reality is that there is no real leadership and it's costing them a hell of a lot of money (no vision, no real engagement by CEO). The company didn't seem to have the ability to see the world through any 'lens' other than that of engineering so most decisions around marketing and selling their products are made by engineers. This was (is) a really big problem for them - at least while I was there. The 'culture' was ultra-ultra conservative and it's costing them market share. There were no performance incentives anywhere in the company and drove a 'show up and get paid' mentality in many parts of the organization.

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