Great place to work - Software Engineer II Garmin Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Garmin has a great culture for engineers. Fun products to work on, relaxed environment with better then average pay and outstanding benefits. The cafeteria is good, there is a fitness room with ping pong tables, and the management has taken an interest in keeping people happy and pleased with their jobs.

Cons

The last few years (and probably the next few) show declining revenues because of PND sales. This has been tough. But other markets are starting to pick up, and Garmin is still very profitable.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

People are great, work balance is fair and fulfilling

Cons

Not the flashiest benefits like some tech companies have

3.0
Apr 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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