Dysfunctional management culture and HR failure - Anonymous employee Garmin Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Product discounts and diverse product lines

Cons

This company has one of the most dysfunctional management cultures I’ve ever encountered. Leadership thrives on fear, not support. Promotions and opportunities are rarely about performance or skill — they’re about favoritism and politics. Constructive feedback is replaced by sudden, harsh evaluations that seem designed to punish rather than develop employees. HR is ineffective and consistently sides with management, no matter how unreasonable their behavior. Instead of being a resource for employees, HR functions as a shield for leadership, even when clear retaliation or unfair treatment is at play. There is no sense of consistency, accountability, or transparency. Employees are left feeling undervalued and expendable, while management fosters an environment of mistrust and intimidation.

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Cons

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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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