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      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

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      4.4

      Culture & values

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.4

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Career opportunities

      4.1

      Senior management

      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
      4.0
      Apr 12, 2021

      Not the company it once was

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      - Great parental leave options - Sabbatical (when I was hired) - Stable business model - Great integration efforts for new employees

      Cons

      - PTO policy was reduced for US employees (used to be a lot better) - Software culture is severely lacking (and way behind) - Company grew too fast, and let too many bad managers in I worked at Arm years ago, when it was still a relatively small company, with a different CEO at the helm (Warren East). The company back then, is still the best place I've ever worked, causing me to return years later. The company as it is today is a faint echo of the company it was then, however, having lost much of its engineering culture and (frankly) its leadership backbone. People like Mike Muller and many of the Fellow engineers, kept the exec team honest and on the right track. Nowadays, Mike Muller is no longer managing the day-to-day, and many of the fellows and engineering leaders have moved on to greener pastures; in their place is a "Chief Strategy Officer" from BCG (the opposite of an engineering company), armed with buzzword-laden powerpoints, conveniently avoiding anything close to a SWOT analysis that the company's founders had intelligently started the company with. Arm's management is now more non-technical than it is technical, which is a problem for an engineering company, and causes a lot of unnecessary work and political games to occur.

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      Arm Response
      5y
      Thank you for your feedback and the years you have invested in Arm’s success. As you may know, Arm celebrated its 30-year anniversary in November 2020 and today we have 95% of market share for mobile phones, there are over 180 billion Arm-based devices, and we have over 6,500 employees worldwide. Arm has grown significantly and continues to be a leader in the industry. To hear a bit about the future of Arm check out this blog: Arm at 30: Five Ideas Shaping our Future. https://www.arm.com/blogs/blueprint/arm-30-future In this blog our VP of Software discusses the future of Systems for our systems, and four other Arm technologists share about invisible AI, memory-centric computing architectures, low-power to no-power devise, and neural networks everywhere. Not only are we a leader in technology but we continue to focus on making Arm a great place to work for our teams, including offering robust benefits. In the US, employees paid leave options include four weeks of paid-time-off with an option to buy an additional week, seven paid sick days, thirteen company holidays, a four-week paid sabbatical (after each 4 years at Arm), and very progressive leave policies including childbirth and parental bonding leaves. Additionally, Arm offers community service leave hours every month and a Day of Care each quarter.
      2.0
      Jul 14, 2020

      Feedback

      Senior design engineer
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      Pros

      Can talk to anybody. Flexpot Work from home facilities Good leave plans As u go higher ur salary grows exponentially

      Cons

      Some groups hardly work. Too much politics. Managers suddenly become visible in office when US folks visit. No problem solving mindset. Only blaming and moving blame. Some directors dont have even basic knowledge. They are directors or principal engineers due to proximity to higher management not due to their ability. Some groups favour Kerala, some Telugu and some North India. Diversity and inclusion is a joke in many groups. In some groups u can gain promotion by buying expensive gifts to manager . Other tricks are get close to managers who are well known , invite them for parties , buy gifts for their children, wives, help them when they need any help like taking them to doctor etc. If ur manager has any side business buy from them. If they have a gym join them. If they play football join that club. Save ur manager's petrol Bill's etc by driving them. For women dressing plays a big role . Many senior managers like u when u dress fashionably. It is not uncommon to see some diploma candidates becoming principal engineers. Not uncommon to see someone in a director's post not even interacting with team. Not uncommon to see someone who never worked in the team with less knowledge becoming the manager. U can bribe and get job in some groups in India. Completely hierarchical and some groups are like Govt offices. No work life balance in junior levels but improved heavily as u grow higher. It is unclear what job senior engineer or staff engineer has to do versus principal engineer. No proper segregation of duties.Manager can do anything.HR only for hiring .No other powers. Some managers are excellent. They come with variety of experience. They hire right talent. They give and receive credit. Some groups have better policies followed. U find work-life balance. Good teamwork exhibited. So hang on with those managers . Same company has different worlds so collect info before going which team u will be joining.

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      Arm Response
      5y
      Thank you for sharing this feedback. It is not easy to read. The experiences you’ve shared are definitely not typical of the Arm experience that we hear of from other employees or through our engagement surveys. Our aim is to ensure that everyone who works at Arm has a positive experience, underpinned by our Core Beliefs and our Code of Conduct. We take allegations like the ones you have raised seriously, and we would like the opportunity to understand and explore your experience further to ensure this is addressed. Please reach out to Ruth D’Roza, Senior People Services Manager APAC who is based in the Bengaluru office, or to Michael Green, Senior Director, Compliance in our Legal team, who is based in our San Jose office, so that we can look into this further. Their contact details can be found in our internal organizational chart or on LinkedIn.
      5.0
      Jun 10, 2020

      A great place to work!

      Graduate engineer
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      Pros

      - Innovative projects - Empowered individuals - Tight teams - Comprehensive benefits and perks - Comfortable offices - Great location...

      Cons

      - Location that comes with some caveats (traffic!) - Buildings showing their age (but new buildings are just around the corner!) - Probably not the highest paying company (regarding base salary)

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      Arm Response
      5y
      Thanks for sharing your view of life at Arm in Sophia Antipolis as a graduate - we're really glad you're enjoying your time with us. We recognise that up until recently our office hasn't been as great a working environment as we would like, but the first phase of our new building in France opened a few months back and we should have the second phase completed very soon to give an amazing experience.
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