Only Two people make real decisions - Anonymous employee Garmin Employee Review

4.0
Nov 18, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

100% health coverage Low pressure Friendly people Job for life

Cons

Little promotion opportunity Low pay Preferential treatment to engineering (secret bonuses, stock not given to same levels in other groups) Centralized decision making They believe that sales and marketing are the same

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Pros

Great culture and career stability

Cons

Lower than industry average pay and limited opportunity for growth

3.0
Apr 3, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits and work life balance. It's a good culture and I've never worked at a place where your immediate peers are this helpful and pleasant to work with, even across teams and offices. If you want to just come in and do just what is required for your job and go home with the knowledge you have a stable job, this is the perfect place to work. I'd only recommend working here if you just want a job, but don't care about a career.

Cons

There is poor career advancement, especially if you aren't male. Leadership does not care about leading people. The RTO has made working here less appealing. The excuse that you can't collaborate unless you are in the same building makes no sense when you work with people in 6 different countries. It is about control and appearances, all due to incredibly poor senior leadership strategies. The pay is also low and so is the quality of the software you work on. Leadership likes to talk quality, but they like fast and cheap. They will not support you in actual software quality nor implement changes to improve it. The same issues happen over and over without improvement.

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