Garmin reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,854 total reviews)
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Clifton Pemble

76% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,854 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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3.0
Dec 17, 2025

Okay place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is okay

Cons

RTO, pay is mid compared to industry

3.0
Dec 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits Good work-life balance

Cons

- Management works with friends and favoratism first. - Dont care about people to improve and manage and only with themselves. -Cutting corners in certification. - Is manager or lead for salary and not for the teams they suppose to lead. - Engineer are pointed to Garmin values but managers/lead seems are excluded from it Career opportunities based if management likes you and if you not a pain for them above competence - Pay raise no based on equal performance but engineer with lower salary get more raise then experience with higher salary (social leveling of salary) - Incompent project planning and at the end engineers at fault not management

4.0
Nov 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, nice and smart people, culture is generally good. The company is stable and conservatively managed, and always seems to turn a profit. Despite the pay not being very competitive, when combined with the benefits and stability, the overall package is attractive.

Cons

You must be very sparing with the word "no" to be successful here. Saying "yes" is rewarded and has resulted in a culture where no one wants to raise the flag when there are issues. Its best for your career if you aren't the one person making noise about something as you will be alone. Managers hate when people pursue different roles - this will hurt your career. The best career path is to leave and then later come back.

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