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      Garmin

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 2, 2015

      Team Lead

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good team members and a good perspective.

      Cons

      Not so good technical solution for the project

      1.0
      Dec 26, 2014

      Avoid local offices, awful scheduling

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Imho all good reviews on glassdoor were mostly referring to HQ office in Kansas. Branch offices were quite different depending on your local projects and local management. Mine wasn't good. Often pressured us to meet unreasonable deadlines showing off to HQ. You can't work from home even you live far from office.

      Cons

      Lack of opportunities unless you are in Kansas. Garmin trying to evolve away from handheld gps device which has been its expertise for decades. Problem is years of inhouse driven development and lack of industry awareness in new approaches and new technoligies. Culture is very conservative and very "inside" the box thinking. New engineers leaving after about 2 to 3 yrs once they realize it takes an arm and leg to put this company on the right track. Scheduling is awful cuz garmin had been in its own domain for so long and lack of expertise in collaberating with other vendors. However it is good for intern and less experience engineers. After all they do have 20+ years of legacy code for you to learn.

      4.0
      Dec 19, 2014

      advanced software engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      get well work/life balance; fair to get what you paid.

      Cons

      salary is just fair in comparison with other foreign company.

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