Garmin Software Developer reviews

Slow development cycle at times

PTO policy is not very generous compared to many tech companies. It's especially hard for new hires to accrue time off, and your sick time comes out of the same bucket of time (about 2 weeks PTO each year for your first 5 years, I believe). Pay seems low compared to many tech companies. It might be more appropriate for the cost of living in the Olathe KS office. Not uncommon to get a salary increase of only 1% or 2% each year. Yearly bonuses are so small as to be almost nonexistent. Higher-level management in Olathe doesn't give Salem as much autonomy as we might desire. Covid policies have been hit and miss in my opinion. There was a generous covid-specific paid leave policy for the first two years, but it was sunsetted this January right when Omicron hit a lot of people. Our ability to remote work has been hampered by technical difficulties for the past 2 years, and it does not appear that remote work will be supported well in the post-covid era. Not a lot of opportunity to switch from engineering into low-level management positions. Software dev is mostly in C.