Good culture but in decline. Mediocre pay. - Software Engineer 2 Garmin Employee Review

4.0
Dec 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Stable employment. The people I interact with every day (middle management and below) are just great. No interpersonal drama. Good, down to earth, interesting people with intelligence and moral character. Historically ran by engineers not finance guys, and avoided a lot of "corporate BS" despite being a large company.

Cons

Compensation has always been mediocre. Decisions from upper management have been increasingly negatively impacting employees. In the years to come, I would expect increased attrition and decaying culture.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Culture, benefits, pay, and onsite gym.

Cons

Time off is not up to industry standard.

3.0
Apr 3, 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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