Good place to work, but not to grow - Software Engineer Garmin Employee Review

4.0
Aug 4, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

• Great 401k match • "Free" HDHP health insurance option with HSA • 45% employee discount • Usually laid back and most people are nice, work is not too stressful • Currently allowing remote work (but they were not accepting of this before)

Cons

• Outdated tech depending on your team and department. • Performance or profit sharing bonuses are non-existent. Everyone gets a small amount for Christmas (which I appreciate), but nothing more. • 5 year vesting period on 401k. • There is no incentive for hard work. High performance won't get you more than a 4-5% raise. Work from lazy/slow workers gets passed on to the performers. • You will get stuck doing the same things and you generally will not continue learning and growing at an acceptable pace for the tech industry. • Many managers are great but some are clueless and not accepting of anything that does not go their way. • Some managers pass off a significant amount of their own work and responsibilities to their team (but some are great and take on more responsibility than they really should).

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Cons

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3.0
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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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