Garmin reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,864 total reviews)
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Clifton Pemble

75% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,864 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Garmin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Jul 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Layoffs have never happened, very stable company with good benefits

Cons

Pay is slightly lower, company policy is working at least 3 days a week in the office. Office environment is often open and very distracting making it difficult to get anything done when in office. It also depends greatly on which team you end up on how successful and happy you will be.

4.0
Jun 26, 2023

Garmin

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, and perks. Good insurance plans

Cons

Pay is sub par, culture isn’t the best

2.0
Jun 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The health and retirement benefits are better than average at Garmin. These come from the corporate office in the midwest. My guess is the Maine office would never provide these benefits if it were up to them.

Cons

Constant drinking required to fit in. The company doesn't have any kind of way to recognize a person joining or leaving, or getting promoted, and the engineering group has developed a culture of doing it on their own after work using alcohol. They even boast beer as part of the culture during the interview process. Large groups from Garmin drink together after work, and I am constantly terrified my husband is not going to make it home. He feels that he needs to do it in order to fit in, develop rapport with the other developers, and get promoted. The Yarmouth office is very controlling of employees, including not allowing them to work from home until they were absolutely forced because of Covid. I am filling this out for my husband, who started working at Garmin in Maine over a year ago.

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