Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(2,646 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 2,646 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
Jul 14, 2016

Pass Physical Design team at any cost.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1.) ARM as a company seems to be good but Physical design group should be avoided at any cost. 2.) Decent benefits (health, time offs etc.) 3.) If you are lick spittle you will do well.

Cons

1.) Clueless and spineless management (It should not be called management at all). Always scared of toe gurus. No checks and balances. 2.) Too many arrogant engineers who think that they know their stuff but they know very little. 3.) Toothless HR. 4.) Bad hiring process (no diversity at all) 5.) No one follows privacy 6)People get promotions based on their servile attitude and not on merit. 7.) Complete lack of professionalism. I can go on and on but you get the picture.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review. I'm disheartened to read your review, as it does not describe the ARM I have come to know and experienced. That said, everyone's experience at each company is different, so I will try to address the cons you have mentioned. The ARM Core Beliefs of 'We, not I, Passion for progress, and Be your brilliant self' are fundamental in the success of ARM as a company, as our employees are what drive the company. This doesn't give other employees the right to bully others simply based on their seniority and ideas, so that is why we have HR Business Partners who are there to help support each team to ensure that each employee is working in a healthy work environment. As with most companies in the tech space, diversity is something that we all have room to improve upon. That said, we do have quite a diverse work force in the Austin office, skewing more diverse within the younger generation. Addressing your fifth point of no one following privacy, this is something we take extremely seriously, as we are a company that relies solely on the licensing of Intellectual Property. If we were to have a lapse in security or privacy, that would be a detriment to ARM, as we would lose a lot of trust from our partners. If you do have any additional feedback or advice to management, I welcome it as without feedback from the employee, we wouldn't know there is an issue that needs to be addressed! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
5.0
Jul 14, 2016

Awesome

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Technology keeps things interesting

Cons

Work/life balance is not very good...mostly work, less life.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review! We're invested in developing processors and software tools that will shape the world of tomorrow, so that definitely keeps things interesting at ARM! Regarding your work/life balance, please do consider a conversation with your line manager to see what can be done to address that. We provide ample PTO to all employees, along with the 4-week sabbatical after 4 years of service specifically so employees are well rested and have enough sustained energy to get through the work day. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
4.0
Jul 1, 2016

Staff Design Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Has a good vacation policy. Good working culture and people can share their views across

Cons

The Work load varies from group to group.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review and to your over 8 years of service to ARM! We have a generous vacation policy, as well as a 4-week sabbatical after every four years of service, so I hope you've made use of the two that you've earned so far! The company is full of genuine, caring people who are happy to help answer questions and share ideas to a broad audience. Workload can vary from group to group, just as in any company, so we highly encourage a healthy work life balance with the aforementioned vacation policy. This is to ensure that our employees have sustainable energy throughout the workday to focus on their jobs! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
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