Garmin Reviews
73% would recommend to a friend
(1378 total reviews)
Clifton Pemble
85% approve of CEO
Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
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- "Low pay and small yearly raises like 25 to 50 cents per hour if you can manage to get one." (in 93 reviews)
- "Your experience depends greatly on your manager; some managers are great and working for them is great." (in 28 reviews)
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Found 1,378 of over 2K reviews
Updated Nov 30, 2023
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- 5.0Nov 28, 2023Intermediate Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearCochrane, AB
Pros
The work culture here is really great! It is the "outdoorsy" person's dream. You get to work on interesting things and then use them yourself in your own adventures.
Cons
Every job has its gripes. Some of the code here is fairly legacy and can be annoying to work with.
- 5.0Oct 15, 2023Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeCochrane, AB
Pros
Great work life balance, great benefits, interesting work
Cons
Long commute from Calgary to Cochrane
- 5.0Aug 9, 2023Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Great products Test what you work on Excellent co-workers
Cons
Salary a bit low, but benefits very good.
- 5.0Jul 5, 2023Embedded Test Software EngineerFormer Employee, less than 1 yearCochrane, AB
Pros
Office was really, good active culture, really good benefits
Cons
Office being in Cochrane can make commuting difficult if you aren't a fan of living in Cochrane.
- 4.0May 21, 2023Senior Software EngineerFormer Employee, more than 5 yearsCochrane, AB
Pros
Great culture, people and benefits. Really nice facilities and environment. Cool products and employee discounts. Hybrid WFH policy.
Cons
Compensation below market rates. New hires get better pay than existing employees. Too strict HR policies, not open to negotiation. Too many processes and procedures which make software development sluggish and impacts ability to innovate.
1 - 5.0Oct 31, 2022Software DeveloperCurrent Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Great Culture Benefits Work-life balance Focus on career development
Cons
Some teams are understaffed Can be overloaded at times because of this
- 4.0Nov 3, 2022Software Engineer(Internship)Former Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Great team, office and work life balance
Cons
None from my internship there
- 5.0Apr 12, 2022Junior Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeCochrane, AB
Pros
Nice offices, younger staff, variety of engineers, products are interesting, good culture
Cons
Not much variety of technology to work on in the software side. It's all embedded and that's it.
- 4.0Apr 25, 2022Senior Product AnalystCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsCochrane, AB
Pros
company culture, good people, good benefits
Cons
Lack of movement, top down decision making
- 5.0Sept 24, 2021Hardware Design EngineerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsCochrane, AB
Pros
Great EE experience. Got to learn lots about low-power, RF, optical, analog and digital design techniques
Cons
The management is sometimes undecided and it is hard as an EE to make everybody happy.
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Garmin has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,649 reviews left anonymously by employees. 73% of employees would recommend working at Garmin to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
73% of Garmin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Garmin 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.
