Great large company. - Software Support Specialist Garmin Employee Review

4.0
11 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Garmin is a very young company meaning that it is not your typical business environment. It is sstill ran by the first engineer, Min Kao, who created the company and has not had to downsize by having analyst come in and make cuts. I don't believe anyone has been let go due to financial problems. Garmin is also a great place for people right out of college. The senior staff are still young and able to relate to the new employees. and it lets the workers feel free to express ideas.

Cons

The company is so large you sometimes get left behind if you don't press yourself hard.

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Pros

Great work/life balance. Top pay if you're a top performer.

Cons

Can get boring with little opportunity to learn new things.

3.0
3 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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