Good employer, troubled location (Maine) - Marketing Professional Garmin Employee Review

2.0
22 Dec 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits (health, 401k match) Casual dress Nice building Nice people Flexible job description might allow for trying new things

Cons

I was looking to jump to the next level in my career, so I responded to a job posting with the title I wanted. The pay I was offered was not on par with the new title, but I took it to get the title. The job itself turned out to not have anything to do with the title, and it was not a professional position. I was basically treated as a secretary. It seemed because no one could agree on, or decide how to do things, they created my position as a neautral person to create reports for all the departments to the managers. Unfortunately I had to change what I was doing every week because of the lack of alignment. It was very chaotic, and people were rightfully frustrated with it. The managers have crisis style management down, but there was little capability in decision making, consistency, delegation, and motivation. I think the people themselves are good, but they are locked in a culture that isn't working. I didn't see how I could shift it, so I left after a short time.

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Pros

People are great, work balance is fair and fulfilling

Cons

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3.0
3 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and work life balance. It's a good culture and I've never worked at a place where your immediate peers are this helpful and pleasant to work with, even across teams and offices. If you want to just come in and do just what is required for your job and go home with the knowledge you have a stable job, this is the perfect place to work. I'd only recommend working here if you just want a job, but don't care about a career.

Cons

There is poor career advancement, especially if you aren't male. Leadership does not care about leading people. The RTO has made working here less appealing. The excuse that you can't collaborate unless you are in the same building makes no sense when you work with people in 6 different countries. It is about control and appearances, all due to incredibly poor senior leadership strategies. The pay is also low and so is the quality of the software you work on. Leadership likes to talk quality, but they like fast and cheap. They will not support you in actual software quality nor implement changes to improve it. The same issues happen over and over without improvement.

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