Arm reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(2,630 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 2,630 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Arm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Apr 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Very relaxed working environment, almost too relaxed. This is great if you have a family and constantly need to work from home like people in my team. If however you are a graduate and want to learn face-to-face, it is not a great place to begin your career.

Cons

Some managers have no idea how to delegate work and have no interest in your personal development. Everything seems like it takes too much effort and time for example booking onto a training course.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review and your honest feedback. We encourage a flexible work policy designed to promote a healthy work/life balance, which is good for everyone, not just those with families! Most of the graduates I have met at ARM love the hands on experience and autonomy/trust that they are given. That said, others are more productive in a formal, structured environment, so it's a matter of determining what works best for you and your line manager. Communication is key between any employee and their line manager, so I highly encourage that you bring up your personal development with him/her in your next 1:1 session. They may not even realize what they are doing! I also recommend you to take a look at the Talent Development section on the ARM intranet, as that contains a wealth of information designed to help grow your career. -Rick C. Employer Branding and Social Media Specialist
3.0
Feb 2, 2017

Good work but bad/pathetic pay

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Pros

Good working culture (can be bad in a very few teams). Scope to learn a lot. Technology thats at least a couple of years ahead of industry.

Cons

Pay scale is bad. Every year in all the surveys one common feedback has been that pay is bad and we aren't able to retain good talent. Still ARM relents to pay more (they promise there would be revision after every feedback ). IT Infrastructure is pathetic. If your work is based on tools such as simulators, emulators, clusters resources etc., forget about being able to be productive. At least one issue or the other every now and then with one IT infrastructure or the other. Cafeteria and Pantry -- these are jokes!! Austin and cambridge offices have pretty good Pantry and Cafeteria with decent options, bangalore pantry and cafeteria show how bad Admin team in India is! At times the milk cans resemble IRCTC tea cans

3.0
Dec 7, 2016
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Pros

Laid back, good atmosphere, lots of smart people

Cons

Salaries are not good enough for Cambridge (just have a look at rents/property costs), not very nice offices, ARM is cheap (on everything! but getting better), there's no much wiggle space your promotion is solely in hands of your manager if he doesn't care or doesn't like you, you are stuck, no clear and transparent rules or process on getting promotion. Internal procedures are very much corpo in quite small company (if you consider divisions/groups are basically separate entities they are couple hundreds people).

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Arm Response
9y
Thank you for leaving a review, as well as your more than 5 years of service at ARM! Even though the headline of the review skews negative, you do recommend the company and have a positive outlook on the company :) Glassdoor ratings are based solely on employee reviews, so it's reflective of the general sentiment from employees at ARM that leave reviews, which are generally positive. That said, it's still good to have constructive feedback such as yours to see where we still have areas to improve upon. As we continue to grow, this feedback is vitally important to ensure that the work culture we have cultivated at ARM, and in turn made us successful, continues to shine! Regarding Cambridge rents/properties, this is unfortunately out of our control. Cambridge as a whole has gotten more expensive over the last few years. Salaries are comparable to others in the area, and once you factor in the bonus structure and new launch award, the total compensation package is quite competitive. The Cambridge folks are also feeling the squeeze until the Cambridge expansion project is completed, so we'll have nicer/newer offices soon! For career development, I encourage you to talk to your line manager to discuss what you can do to advance your career. If he/she truly does not care/like you, then I would encourage discussing this with your People Business Partner as well. I also encourage you to visit the ARM Talent Development page to see what training courses for additional skills are available to you. Finally, with all of the growth we are experiencing due to the Softbank acquisition, there are a lot of open roles available, so I invite you to challenge yourself to a new role at ARM! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
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