Benefits and work/life balance are amazing! (8 months into mid-level position) - Author Garmin Employee Review

5.0
Jul 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits and work/life balance are leaps and bounds better than my past big business employers. Without researching it too carefully, I'd guess the benefits are some of the best within the United States. I was genuinely astounded while making selections. Management seems to be very invested in helping grow my professional development, while providing a realistic level of transparency, trust, and autonomy. The culture is incredibly inclusive and positively vocal about equality in a way that I had never experienced from an employer. It is refreshing to see the unflinching compassion and support for all people, especially from an organization of this size. The company is also passionate about leaving as small an environmental impact as possible. There are numerous eco-friendly initiatives happening consistently. More can always be done, but they are putting in a noticeable effort. As an added bonus, they provide a lot of free and discounted outside of work activity opportunities that have increased my personal outdoor and fitness activity level, as well as my family's. I am a person who works to live, rather than lives to work and my team and company seems to truly support and encourage that lifestyle. I very much hope I have found a long-term place of work.

Cons

After my first 8 months, I only have good things to say.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Nice headquarters, good people, fun atmosphere.

Cons

Questionable C-Suite directives/policies. A lot of bureaucracy, and it's difficult to move new ideas forward.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great, and I mean great benefits.

Cons

Poor local culture, everybody is in their own clicks and don't deviate from them. Not a huge amount of office friendliness. Not many team building exercises, and qa gets left out of alot. If you're not a developer, you will have a yard time socially. Coffee is the worst I've had at a company ever. Return to office was not handled right, and the wfh policies were written very vague by a local manager, but what they actually wanted was very specific and was not communicated at all(avg of 1 per month over the course of a year). This lead to a problem where I was denied a wfh request to grieve a dead pet because I used wfh 2 weeks earlier to register a new car ( that I got solely for work commute)

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