Autistic Management - Static Company - Anonymous employee Garmin Employee Review

2.0
Oct 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Benefits - 401K, Healthcare, Vacation, Employee Purchase Program, Stock, Stock Options Cool Products - In all markets. A techie's dream company Company Spirit - Almost religious driven by strong brand Company Management: No debt. Fiscally responsible. Fairly stable Nice facilities Global business - Offices and customers from all over the world

Cons

Culture: Servant mentality is embraced. "You are here to serve" No career path. People are pigeon-holed and rarely have opportunities to progress Mediocre pay packages & raises. Few bonuses or commissions (but stock options) Class system: Engineering is highly valued at the expense of other functions Extremely conservative and risk averse in aggressive consumer markets Homongenous employment: 20-30-something White Male. Few minorities or women in leadership roles. Feels like an engineering college environment. No sense of employee urgency. Traffic jam to leave the office at 5 PM Uncharismatic leadership. Senior leaders hide on their 8th fllor oak paneled offices Limited Management Engagement - Little positivity or encouragement/direction from senior leaders Thrifty to the point of stingy. Nothing is done BIG at Garmin

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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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