Good, but it doesn't live up to its history - Senior Software Engineer Garmin Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Generous benefits for healthcare and retirement. 2. Teams usually maintain a good work-life balance. 3. Working hours can be held to 40 hours per week if that's what you want. 4. Some new products have interesting features. 5. Generous product discounts.

Cons

1. I heard a lot about "servant leadership" when I came in almost 5 years ago - I see very, very little of it. 2. Tendency toward micromanagement of engineers. 3. Engineering management positions have been awarded to younger engineers who are not ready for it (as evidenced by 1 and 2). 4. Most teams are not very open to flexible work schedules - at least not on a regular basis. 5. Compensation is probably a little low; don't expect any kind of annual bonus; raises tend to lag inflation. (Benefits make up for some of this, but probably not all of it.)

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Apr 3, 2026
Recommend
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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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