Garmin reviews

Salary - while it is decent, I do feel it is too low for what I do Upper management has a history of being close-lipped when it comes to financials, future plans, etc. They started doing some things to improve morale, but they didn't tell anybody what they were; it seems to us like nothing was being done. This is getting better, but still needs to be worked on. Consistency with performance reviews - Every year I've been here the process and ratings have changed; I have no idea if I've improved or not Career advancement is sortof a mixed bag. There is a career path with 7 levels for technical types, which is good. However, effectively 80% will potentially ever reach 3, 20% will reach 4, and 5/6/7 are forever out of reach.

They had the audacity to advertise themselves as the "Google of the mid-west" but nothing could be further from the truth. This is a grey, old fashioned cubicle farm where employees clock in at 8, go through hours of pointless meetings and clock out at 5pm on the dot with barely any work being done. If you do try to get any work done you will be hit by roadblocks at every turn. Usually fighting their out-dated internal software and practices but it can also be peers and management expressing shock (and disappointment!) at your progress for "making them look bad". I didn't last long here. It felt like being strangled and suppressed, dying a little piece every day until you join the ranks of the Garmin zombies trudging through to retirement and a gold watch.