Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(2,637 total reviews)
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Rene Haas

93% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Arm has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,637 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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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Can learn to slog every day Can learn to be servile and work through weekends with no incentives

Cons

Full of sycophants in the management and in the team. No diversity in the team Mangers do not have people skills

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Arm Response
8y
Firstly, thank you for your service at Arm. The majority of the reviews on Glassdoor have been positive but we appreciate that not everyone will have the same experience! That said, the experience you describe is not one I have heard of during my time here at Arm and so I would love to address a few concerns. To your comment on the management teams, with no/limited knowledge from Management, we recently restructured the organization in to two distinct groups: IPG and the subsequent lines of business, which focuses on the licenses technology we provide to semiconductor companies and ISG the ​IoT Services Group, which operates security and management services for connected devices. We did this so as to focus on growing the business to reach our desired goal of having 1 trillion connected devices in the next 20 years. We have a lot of growth ahead of us, with the separation allowing us focus on growing the businesses independently of each other without the need to report to shareholders and we appreciate that this is a big time of change for all of our employees. We’ve also recently introduced the core beliefs for leaders to guide our leadership teams on how they can inspire and manage their teams aligned with our culture and values. You also mentioned about work life balance which is something we are rated highly consistently by our employees on Glassdoor! To ensure we are providing not only work-life balance but a flexible working environment, we are carrying out flexible working pilots across our different groups but also ensuring that our management teams are equipped to have conversations with their individual team members and find a flexible working plan that works best for that individual – whether that’s working from home, changing hours to adjust around child care or condensing their working week. Fiona
3.0
Jan 24, 2017

Staff Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work. Nice Salary and Bonus.

Cons

Cambridge Driven. Will not take innovative ideas from outside HQ. No Career Development Opportunities by way of promotions etc for people outside HQ, even when performance significantly exceeds expectations.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review! A lot of initiatives are driven from Cambridge as that is our Headquarters, but each of our design centers contribute ideas, which has gotten ARM to where it is today. Regarding Career Development, I encourage you to speak with your line manager, as he or she will be the one who recommends you for a promotion to the next grade level. I also recommend that you visit the Talent Development Intranet page, which contains a wealth of information on how you can improve on certain skills. Also, all ARM employees have access to courses on Lynda.com which you can take, ranging from coding related to soft skills like public speaking. -Rick C.
5.0
Oct 5, 2015

Executive Assistant

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Pros

Great people in every region. Great leadership (first company I can say i've been at that has a great leadership team in place that actually cares about it's people and the company's future) Best benefits I've ever had at a company Work life balance is great

Cons

There are minor processes that could could use improvement: po approvals, expenses, legal review of contracts causes hold ups, etc.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review! Another review also mentioned the great, brilliant people in every region, as well as the benefits. In comparing our reviews to our competition, work-life balance is listed in the "pro" category for every company, but also in the "con" category....except ARM! As mentioned in other responses, we've grown rapidly and some of our processes have not scaled to match the speed that we now need to operate at. Our Organizational Effectiveness team is addressing a lot of the feedback we have received though there is still work to be done. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
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