Great Products, No Leadership - Marketing Communications Garmin Employee Review

1.0
Mar 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits provided are second to none. Comprehensive health benefits are the very best, but at a low cost to employees. Stock purchase options are above average. 401K match is excellent. The product discounts are also great.

Cons

Garmin does not have any strong leadership in the company. Upcoming leaders are pushed out. Everyone is there for himself/herself. While some teams work well, teams do not generally work with each other well. Managers are constantly talking down about each other. The CEO and "marketing leaders" do not understand consumer marketing at all, and therefore they have amazing products that customers don't even know exist. They are extremely internally focused. They should be ranked a best place to work in the country, but are one of the worst as far as corporate culture.

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Pros

Culture, benefits, pay, and onsite gym.

Cons

Time off is not up to industry standard.

3.0
Apr 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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