Is Garmin a good company to work for?

Garmin has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,226 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Garmin to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Garmin have been left by employees working as Design Engineer Intern , Software Engineer I and Software Engineer(Internship) .

Does Garmin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Garmin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Garmin. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Garmin?

70% of Garmin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Garmin 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Garmin?

Software Engineer (243) , Product Support Specialist (101) , Senior Software Engineer (81) , Software Engineer II (63) , Software Engineer(Internship) (51) , Software Engineer Intern (41) , Mechanical Engineer (39) , Engineer (26) , Project Manager (25) , Software Engineering Intern (25) , Design Engineer (22) , Design Engineer Intern (16) , Software Developer (14) , Cartography Technician (13) , Intern (13)

What are the pros of working at Garmin according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great here and the health care plans are very affordable yet high quality." ((in 339 reviews)); "People are great and nice" ((in 212 reviews)); "Great culture and very stable" ((in 164 reviews)); "Friendly culture with good work/life balance" ((in 140 reviews)); "Good work environment and lots to do" ((in 62 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Garmin according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and this cool thing where if you do your job well you get to do everybodys job" ((in 153 reviews)); "Low Salaries and Kansas is a boring place to work." ((in 84 reviews)); "No bonus given." ((in 29 reviews)); "• Many managers are great but some are clueless and not accepting of anything that does not go their way." ((in 27 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless" ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Garmin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Garmin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Garmin in 2026.

What Garmin locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Lenexa , Tulsa , Cary , Portland , Brea , Saint Louis , Kansas City , Salem , Chandler , Overland Park

Garmin reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,845 total reviews)

Clifton Pemble

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,845 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

Aug 6, 2010

talented engineers should come to coasts

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* most people are friendly although a small part of them seem very biased * work time is flexible enough

Cons

lots of tech leaders are lacking technical education or training. many foreign engineers have advanced degrees and excellent work ethic, but don't expect to any get promotion opportunities like the coasts at this mid-west company . if you consider yourself an ambicious engineering professional, you must come to coasts. we have lots talented professionals from India, China, Vietnam with Masters or PhDs holding key leadership positions

4.0

Jul 27, 2010

Great Internship experience

Software engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1) Great teams 2) Talented co-workers 3) Not stressful 4) Awesome Intern acitivities

Cons

1) Location (Not like the metros, I have been in) 2) Transportation (Need a car, weather makes biking a hassle)

4.0

Jul 19, 2010

Review

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, not much overtime, the people are friendly and professional for the most part. They are flexible with time off and flexing work hours.

Cons

The only con I have found is the pay tends to be below the industry average for software engineering positions. Maybe this is not across the board, but I can't say.

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