Garmin is a great place to work! - SWE Garmin Employee Review

5.0
Oct 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture of Innovation, R&D commitment and spend, employees truly caring about one another, first name basis for everyone no matter who they are or what their title might be. Dedication to community and creating best possible products to truly make a difference. Giving back to the company and to each employee who is investing in Garmin - which was shown in a recent Glassdoor article on CEO pay where our CEO is ranked 430 out of 441 in terms of CEO to worker pay ratios. Meaning, Garmin's CEO makes one of the lowest salaries

Cons

Under construction - wow, there is NO parking

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Pros

People are great, work balance is fair and fulfilling

Cons

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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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