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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
      5.0
      Nov 22, 2008

      Interesting work with cool people and great benefits

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, interesting work, products known the world over. One of the best work atmospheres I could imagine. Casual dress code. Employees are treated as competent adults and not children to be micromanaged. There are nice employee perks like getting a voucher for a turkey at thanksgiving, free tickets to worlds of fun in the summer, and a really nice winter formal event. Meeetings and training are generally kept to a minimum and are only held to the extent that they are really useful.

      Cons

      This doesn't happen as often in my department, but there is occasionally lots of overtime in some departments.

      3.0
      Nov 15, 2008

      Talented people, good salary, too many meetings.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I've only been working at Garmin for 18 months. I feel that it offers good paying work for people who are smart and on the ball. I haven't met any incompentant people there like I have at other companies.

      Cons

      There seems to be a lot of meetings, an excessive number at times (6-8 a week), it's really hard to get a four hour block to concentrate on software when there are meetings every 3 hours.

      4.0
      Aug 10, 2008

      Great company with strong leadership from the top

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benifits Package, New technologies, working on many different projects. Work life balance seems to overall be good for a larger corporation, management understands that there needs to be some flexability at times for family issues that may arise. There is never a real dull moment, there seems to always be something to work on.

      Cons

      Once you are in the company there doesn't seem to be any thoughts to advancing your career. For some this may be a positive if they wish to do the same thing always. Previously poor performers were not "weeded" out, hopefully this is something that has more attention payed to it in the future.

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