Is Arm a good company to work for?

Arm has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 3,235 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 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 (154) , Senior Software Engineer (136) , Intern (121) , Staff Engineer (107) , Engineer (102) , Graduate Engineer (96) , Senior Engineer (79) , Principal Engineer (74) , 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 301 reviews)); "A great culture of helping out other employees with spare time to ensure objectives are achieved as a team." ((in 283 reviews)); "Good work life balance (but there is a trend that it gets a little worse)" ((in 281 reviews)); "Benefits are good and the European vibe is nice." ((in 200 reviews)); "Good Salary and RSU’s" ((in 111 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 41 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 13 reviews)); "Line management and upper management rarely truely know what the Project Managers are actually doing." ((in 10 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

(2,646 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 2,646 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

Aug 17, 2016

A severely bloated business model

Systems developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- OK working environment - Charismatic bouqet of technical employees - Many Pokemon and Star Wars fans - Lots of games at the office: playing cards, XBOX, PS4 - Not much actual work done - Great share-based compensation programme for all employees - Dress as you wish culture, generally unkempt 'DevOps' attire fits best

Cons

- Very high levels of politics - Some teams get replaced overnight - Plenty of talk and quite little action - Small decisions that may be considered trivial elsewhere take long times to achieve - Clueless and disengaged management relies on scare tactics - Presenteeism, as long as your act looks like a fit then there's not much expected - Outdated internal and customer technology and very little appetite for change - Zero products, everything is made by other companies and ARM gets a share, more like a parasitic business model.

5.0

Aug 12, 2016

Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Blue chip company, highly skilled people, travel, pay and shares, a sense of purpose that everyone has and a well respected company in the industry.

Cons

big company mentality and divisions within the company can make things difficult to get done. Some customers hostile to ARM for being so successful.

Arm Response

9y

Thanks for leaving a review! The people who join ARM are passionate about the work they do, and as you said, have a sense of purpose that the work we produce has a real impact in the world. We have grown rather quickly in the last 5+ years, and our processes have not scaled as quickly to meet up with the demand, but this is something that is recognized and we are working to improve. It's not an overnight fix and does take time, but we see a very bright future ahead! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

5.0

Aug 9, 2016

Great place to learn and grow your career

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good work culture , people are friendly and helping by nature , Good place to start the career with.

Cons

Salary is less as compared to the market status

Arm Response

9y

Thanks for leaving a review! We generally offer salaries in the 75% band, meaning you can expect to make more than 75% of your peers in the industry performing a similar function. Many people see the base salary as the one to compare, but once you factor in the total compensation package, including bonuses, benefits and other reward structures, it is highly competitive for the market. The culture and excellent work-life balance are also benefits that we encourage employees to take in to consideration as well! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

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Customer Success Manager

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Senior Finance Data Analyst

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