Pros
Some of the smartest people I've ever worked with are at Garmin; there is incredible talent at this company for sure. Great 401K, health benefits and in a few departments a real camaraderie and chance for advancement - but not all of them. See below.
Cons
People are not considered the most valuable asset here. No real career paths into leadership were to be had in most parts of this company. Along with that, Garmin was rife with politics and, frankly, this will be it's undoing if not changed. The reality is that there is no real leadership and it's costing them a hell of a lot of money (no vision, no real engagement by CEO). The company didn't seem to have the ability to see the world through any 'lens' other than that of engineering so most decisions around marketing and selling their products are made by engineers. This was (is) a really big problem for them - at least while I was there. The 'culture' was ultra-ultra conservative and it's costing them market share. There were no performance incentives anywhere in the company and drove a 'show up and get paid' mentality in many parts of the organization.
