Is Arm a good company to work for?

Arm has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 3,225 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 90% of employees would recommend working at Arm to a friend and 88% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Arm have been left by employees working as Principal Design Engineer , Staff Engineer and Intern .

Does Arm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Arm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Arm. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Arm?

90% of Arm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Arm 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Arm?

Software Engineer (153) , Senior Software Engineer (134) , Intern (121) , Staff Engineer (107) , Engineer (102) , Graduate Engineer (96) , Senior Engineer (79) , Principal Engineer (73) , Verification Engineer (73) , Staff Software Engineer (59) , Design Engineer (57) , Project Manager (44) , Director (36) , Senior Design Engineer (36) , Internship (32)

What are the pros of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Our company is on an upward trajectory and the people are great." ((in 299 reviews)); "Good work life balance (but there is a trend that it gets a little worse)" ((in 280 reviews)); "A great culture of helping out other employees with spare time to ensure objectives are achieved as a team." ((in 276 reviews)); "Benefits are good and the European vibe is nice." ((in 213 reviews)); "Will get good salary and also it's good for established employee" ((in 116 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Some managers have no idea how to delegate work and have no interest in your personal development." ((in 44 reviews)); "Poor leadership; frequent changes in direction resulting in frequent redundancies" ((in 22 reviews)); "Senior management are asking people to add reviews to GlassDoor to get the ratings up" ((in 14 reviews)); "Line management and upper management rarely truely know what the Project Managers are actually doing." ((in 11 reviews)); "Bullying is prevalent in many areas" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Arm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Arm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Arm in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Arm locations?

Austin , San Jose , Chandler , San Diego , Seattle , Boston , Waltham , Sunnyvale , Durham , Raleigh , Houston , Los Angeles , Mountain View , Cambridge , Deerfield Beach , New York , Ypsilanti , Spring Lake , Washington , Fort Worth , Plano , Tyler , Minneapolis , Canoga Park , Milpitas , Santa Clara , Olympia , Federal Way , Portland , Erie

Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(2,636 total reviews)

Rene Haas

93% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

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Arm has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,636 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Arm employee rating is 23% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0

May 9, 2017

Arm recruiting staffs & process are horrible and unprofessional.

Technical engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

ARM is a decent place to work but also depend on current and future to growth team.

Cons

ARM in Austin, Tx staffing are the worst that we are experience in. Most of the recruiters are NON-experience with recruiting, but somehow they end up at ARM in Austin. Most of our referral candidates got called from ARM staffing and their feedback to me are not impressed at all to ARM recruiters from (asked stupid and non intelligent questions, missed appointment with candidate, but when on the phone seems like ARM staffing was driving during conversation as well as dog barking on background). Our referral not impress at ARM staffing of its current process.

Arm Response

9y

Hello. I am saddened by your approach. Perhaps you spoke to your colleagues directly and did not get an adequate reply? We do have a number of avenues for you to raise these concerns. The recruiters we have on our team in Austin all have multiple years of prior professional recruiting experience. I am sorry to hear that a phone interview may have been missed or re-scheduled, or that a call may have been made while driving. Honestly, as I see the team working an average of 60 hours per week to keep up with our extraordinary growth, I am empathetic to the life-issues that interfere with a smooth process. But we do all want a better impression to our candidates. I am encouraged that through surveys received from over 200 candidates last year, 80% were either satisfied or completely satisfied with the recruiting process at ARM. Our goal is to get that to 90% or better in 2017, and I'd love it if you can help with that! I invite you to grab some time with me soon to discuss your ideas so we can partner effectively to continue shaping the extraordinary at ARM. I hope you are equally committed to that goal.

3.0

Oct 2, 2016

Great Company, Management needs some improvement

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

- Great enviroment and you will surely develop your skills at this company.

Cons

- Does not provide a competitive pay. - Team leads/managers are not trained in order to be qualified (thus micromanaging can occur)

Arm Response

9y

Thanks for leaving a review, and it's good to see that you were able to develop your skills in a great work environment! As the company has grown rather quickly in the last few years, we acknowledge that we did not scale to provide more training opportunities for Team Leads and Managers to be more effective leaders. This has been addressed and we are actively improving the courses that our Talent and Development team has to offer Regarding pay, the base pay may not seem competitive, but when you factor in all the extra benefits such as the annual bonuses and former RSU program, the total rewards package is quite competitive. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

5.0

Dec 6, 2025

solid place to work in chip design

Graduate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

great people, optimistic company outlook, good compensation and benefits, flexible hybrid office attendance.

Cons

experience can vary from team to team. the closer you are to a physical chip, the more you will be working. software and IT tends to be neglected in favor of hardware.

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