Garmin reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,856 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,856 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
Apr 6, 2019

Great place to grow

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- rewarding and fulfilling work - extremely talented, smart people everywhere (all depts) - employees are high-quality people with great values/integrity - competitive salaries - amazing and affordable healthcare options - 5% no-questions-asked goes to personal retirement (pension) - 401k match is 7.5% if employee contributes 10 - 5+7.5 is 12.5% match when maxed - financially stable company with extremely few layoffs - low turnover

Cons

- CEO is not a public speaker - exec team does not interact with teams/depts - exec team does not provide vision first hand - vision and values are stale - very flat organizational structure - As a former outdoor eng employee, Garmin doesn't support some of the initiatives that REI or Patagonia might. Show you care and give back as a company!

5.0
Apr 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

CEO has a background engineering: no non-sense requirement for Six Sigma or other process stuff. Tools are created to drive process extremely efficiently. Mentoring: they assign you a mentor who will work with you exclusively until you can confidently step on your feet. There is weekly meet up with your manager to answer your questions and concerns. My last companies did not spend this much of effort in the mentoring as well as Garmin does. Work-life balance: 40 hours a week (rarely over time). Community: friendly and willing to help each other. No time-sheet or charge code, where large corporations usually require. Stock discount.

Cons

No end of year bonus.

2.0
Mar 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

benefits, PTO, hrs, Pay, work load

Cons

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