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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2K reviews
1.0
Sep 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent health benefits. Flexible hours if you are needing to work around school or childcare.

Cons

The call center atmosphere is horrible. You are totally disconnected from the Head Quarters. Management is terrible. There is a god awful point system in place. You get dinged if you sneeze funny. Going to the restroom? Make sure you log that into your phone. Forgot to log back in? Sorry, you're going to get docked for that. Extremely micromanaged. They have a team that scores your emails and recorded phone calls. They will try so hard to find the smallest mistake. Even if they are incorrect, you can try to fight it, but to no avail. Getting time off for major holidays is not easy. You can request time off 6 months in advance, but everyone is gunning for the same days. First come, first served. Only a small percentage of the staff can have certain days off. If you work 2nd shift, you will not be included in any of the company get togethers or family events. Look out during United Way time. Garmin will VERY strongly encourage you to have a pre-set donation to be automatically taken out of every paycheck. (I'm all for charity, but at my own discretion). You have to share a desk with people on other shifts. Disgusting.

5.0
Aug 30, 2014

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place for hardware design - exposure to all levels of design/testing/validation/production. Work environment is top notch - friendly, intelligent, honest, hard-working, and honest individuals are the type that are hired by Garmin, which makes for a great day every day.

Cons

This is a very fast paced workplace, which can prove too much for some. Overall, I don't have many downsides to working here.

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