“The great thing about Garmin is we’re a conservative company that just kind of builds steadily along with the demand for our products.”
“We moved here less than five years ago, employing a little over 100 people. Today we’re poised to cross the 200 mark and are running out of room,” Garmin Canada’s managing director Jim Rooney said.“We’re just to the point right now where we’ve filled the building and we need a place to continue to grow.”The company officially made Cochrane its home in 2018.
Unlike many other tech giants, it currently does not have any plans for downsizing or laying off staff. Rooney credits that to smart managing. “When the economy was going crazy, we didn’t go and over-spend and we didn’t take on more than we could handle,” he pointed out.He also touts the expansion as a smart move, adding the company is well positioned to do it.
Rooney said while the company has seen demand growth of about 20 per cent over the past couple of years, he does expect it to soften over the next year or so. “We’re probably not going to grow as much as we did over the last couple of years,” he pointed out. “But Garmin is still willing to make that investment.”
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