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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3K reviews
2.0
May 26, 2016

Average company

Recommend
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Pros

* Good work life balance. * Four weeks of sabbatical every four years. * Decent stock grant every year. * Chance to work on the latest ARM technology.

Cons

* Salary is significantly lower than other semiconductor companies. * Work is related to validation. There is no design or development work. * Bangalore is a remote center so your work can be taken away by folks in Cambridge at any point no matter how well you do it. * The environment for engineers is steadily deteriorating. The last few years have seen the emergence of a new culture which places more emphasis on presentations and talking rather than real engineering work. As a result, honest hard-working engineers are being sidelined and loud mouths who don't hesitate to take credit for others work are being promoted. I guess it is the result of conducting too many leadership courses at five star hotels. A lot of good engineers are leaving the company due to this but the management is least bothered because they believe engineers can be easily replaced. That might be true but good engineers cannot be easily replaced. The hiring standards are declining and the quality of new hires is pathetic.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review. As you note, we offer a very good work life balance and benefits for all employees, including a sabbatical every four years in addition to the bonuses and stocks granted to high performing employees. When you factor in the total compensation package, including the above mentioned bonuses, RSUs, PTO in addition to the salary, we are quite competitive with the other semiconductor companies in the region. Having time off to focus and remain productive is quite valuable both for the employee and for the company. As for the work environment, we are reading the reviews from the Bangalore office here on Glassdoor as well as taking feedback we learned from the ARM Engagement survey to make working at ARM a positive one. While it won't be an overnight change, discussions are taking place with senior management both in India and Cambridge, so this is something we are committed to improving. I invite you to leave another review next year, as we would like to see how we have improved things in the ARM Bangalore office. Thanks, -Rick C.
2.0
Mar 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Chance to work with best in class engineers, global exposure

Cons

It's sorry state of affairs that we see lot of feedback on external sites like glass door , rather than being managed using internal annual surveys/AFDS/etc . We used to see good survey results, glass door reflects the other side of the picture. This shows all exists for sake of process and ground reality is different.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review and your over 5 years of service to ARM! We have seen an increase of reviews on Glassdoor from our Bangalore office recently, and they have been escalated to be reviewed by the local People team manager Nupur as well as Guru, as this feedback is very important to us. Many employees feel/believe that the Engagement surveys are not anonymous (they are), so they provide they don't provide feedback via that platform. For AFDS, employees may fear retribution from managers if they provide negative feedback, so they come to Glassdoor as it provides anonymity. Any company would be happier to read positive reviews, though we also welcome negative feedback if it helps to improve the work environment for the better. As you can leave a review once a year, we hope to see that you leave a more positive review next year! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
5.0
Oct 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits Great culture Great collaboration between teams in/across timezones Oppurtunities to travel Great work/life balance Management Communication very good

Cons

Pay might not be Industry leading, but great benefits as above Career paths might be limited/slow for advancement for some roles

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review! We like to think we offer great benefits/culture/collaboration/work-life balance and are always welcome for feedback on how we can continue to make them even better! Regarding pay, the Rewards team is currently reviewing compensation across all regions/teams and will make adjustments where necessary. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
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