Garmin reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,856 total reviews)
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Clifton Pemble

76% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,856 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
1.0
Oct 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay well for the area and the benefits package is the best around. The people are friendly and there are lots of out of work activities arranged.

Cons

They had the audacity to advertise themselves as the "Google of the mid-west" but nothing could be further from the truth. This is a grey, old fashioned cubicle farm where employees clock in at 8, go through hours of pointless meetings and clock out at 5pm on the dot with barely any work being done. If you do try to get any work done you will be hit by roadblocks at every turn. Usually fighting their out-dated internal software and practices but it can also be peers and management expressing shock (and disappointment!) at your progress for "making them look bad". I didn't last long here. It felt like being strangled and suppressed, dying a little piece every day until you join the ranks of the Garmin zombies trudging through to retirement and a gold watch.

3.0
Oct 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Garmin is a great place to work as a company. They have great benefits, an awesome Winter Ball, and take the company to World's of Fun once a year. Besides a lower salary, the company does try to take care of its employees.

Cons

-Micromanaged if you are under the attendance policy -Very difficult to get out of the call center to persue other jobs -Very slow in promotion -Salary is OK

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