Avg company to work for , declining values - Software Engineer Garmin Employee Review

3.0
Jul 20, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Job stability , work life balance

Cons

Lower and middle management don't believe in company's core values. Too much of politics, people getting promoted on the basis of their relationship with managers rather than performance. Compensation is too low. Discrimination in promotions , career opportunities, compensation. Only a few good coworkers , most of them are incompetent ,below average. If you are the one who questions the status quo,believes in open work culture,honest in communications then this is not the place for you.

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Pros

Great work life balance Good people

Cons

Lower salary compared to market

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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