Arm reviews

- 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.

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.