Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(2,641 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 2,641 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
5.0
Jan 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- My work is challenging but interesting. - Awesome new benefits package which gives £4.5k a year to spend on activities, health, and development. I claimed my entire sum to contribute to the deposit on my first home. - The people I work with are good fun and not overly political.

Cons

- Inflexibility in the older staff, it's a shame to see good ideas wasted. - Over worked middle management. For the past year or so my middle managers have been processing amazing amounts of information, and one of them has already burnt out. It was a shame to lose her as she was a great manager.

4.0
Jan 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

ARM is a great place to work. I personally feel part of the big picture, have clear purpose, freedom to apply existing knowledge and I think that innovations are encouraged. I feel that most individuals at ARM care about the companies success and feel rewarded for their efforts. I think ARM is unique in its culture and approach to flexible working. I think the people are not only some of the most intelligent, but some of the most friendly/helpful individuals you can work with.

Cons

I think there is alot of middle management and with that politics for self promotion where perhaps actions taken are not in the greater interest of ARM . As an example, I have witnessed in some circles junior individuals feeling devalued because their idea was not accepted where it appeared that the idea didnt fit middle management directives at the time. However, a few months later and strategic direction changes from upper management, the ideas were re-pitched in a glossy format by middle management and accepted as their idea. I think this prevents some junior talent from rising in the organisation and I believe this behaviour undermines ARMs values/ objectives. On a related note, I think adding value to the bigger picture is what is needed and sometimes that requires taking on long term large challenges to address root causes. Some of those ventures may fail to make way for future successes, however it seems that short term gain is often favoured to "show how good we are and that we are doing something". I think this needs addressing as systemic issues appear common.

3.0
Dec 29, 2017

Project manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

World Top projects to run

Cons

Salary, hierarchy, dinosaurs. Easy to reach your top position and get unmotivated.

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