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
Nov 30, 2018

Too many cliques

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great salary. Some very bright and interesting people. For those who are ambitious and ruthless there is room for progression. Great team at the coffee shop!

Cons

Poor middle management. Poor on-boarding. Lack of visibility on bullying behaviour. Fear culture. A lot of cliques and school playground comments.

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Arm Response
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We are sorry to hear that you don't think highly of our onboarding. To be honest, we don't think it's perfect either, and as a People Team, we know it needs to change. We are in the process of scoping out, what this could look like and we are always keen to get some detailed feedback to support what the art of the possible is. We thank you for highlighting that not everyone learns in the same way, which is why we continue to adapt our training delivery. We do currently offer, in role training, online, classroom style and workshop training. Continuous improvement is heavily invested in at Arm and something we feel strongly about. We appreciate that people management isn't something that everyone takes naturally to. That's why we have recently developed and begun to rollout upskilling courses for Managers, both new and experienced, we recognize this as a crash course, as well as, a refreshment on the basics. Please accept our thanks for your honest feedback, we too, think Arm is full of wonderfully bright and interesting people, who you are one of. Should you need further support on training, please reach out to the People Team, we'd love to walk you through what we have on offer.
3.0
Apr 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good name on CV. Opportunity to work on latest technology which has become a de facto standard in quite a few markets. Good work life balance.

Cons

Software is not the main focus of the company, but just something that comes "free" with the hardware IP's. Hence there is an evident lack of focus on execution as no pressure comes from (not) having SW products that need to be sold to customers. Recently the company is trying to market itself as not only an HW company but the culture is too distant from US big names (Google, Facebook, Microsoft) and also from US based, product focused semiconductor companies such as Broadcom or Qualcomm. The SW teams are also hugely involved in political games between managers, poor communication with other groups, frequent reorganisations to shuffle managers around resulting in projects being abandoned and people frequently jumping from project to project. Compensation is improving but not enough for the Cambridge area.

2.0
Jan 30, 2018

Becoming a behemoth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work is relatively good. People are good and not much politics like in other places.

Cons

No clear roadmap. Benefits are not competitive for the market.

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