GIS engineer - GIS Engineer Garmin Employee Review

3.0
14 Jun 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good working hours in Taiwan. Generally from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Official time is 5 p.m., but you know in Taiwan, it is usually not possible to leave company on time. Compare to some other tech companies in Taiwan the working hours/salary is relatively good. If you do not want to have too much uncertainty in your next half life, because It is a big company and very rich. They have competitive product lines. You don't need to worry about too much about the business.

Cons

Good working hours depends on the team you are chosen. Team leader has the power to decide the performance, which means the bonus and adjustment of salary you get. So the Pros is definitely depends on your team leader's working style. Before you decide to join this company/team, make sure you realize the working style of your specific team. Some other teams they do work to 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. EVERYDAY. Besides salary and working hours, if you want to have been promoted in a fast pace. You probably will be disappointed. There are too many people who have worked here for 8 or 10 years or more.

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Cons

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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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