Pros
The healthcare benefits are good. It’s stable. Cafeteria does a pretty good job and there’s a small park, soccer and volleyball fields on their campus.
Cons
I do not recommend joining Garmin as a designer. It is not a valued team, role or skill set. Research is sparse, opportunity to have an impact on the products is almost nonexistent, and even if you deliver on a 1,000/1 chance it doesn’t matter because they don’t follow up on KPI’s or real metrics, so delivering a breakthrough feature or making a meaningful update to an existing one has no effect on your job or career. The only real goal of a UX designer is not to be humiliated during demos and reviews by insecure middle managers. UX leadership won’t go to bat for their team members’ work for the same reason. Opportunities for advancement are sparse and usually only go to white men—I wish I was kidding. Pay is below average in the market. You can do better.