Does Arm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Arm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Arm. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Arm?

89% of Arm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Arm 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Arm?

Software Engineer (153) , Senior Software Engineer (133) , Intern (121) , Staff Engineer (106) , Engineer (102) , Graduate Engineer (96) , Senior Engineer (79) , Principal Engineer (73) , Verification Engineer (73) , Staff Software Engineer (59) , Design Engineer (56) , Project Manager (44) , Director (36) , Senior Design Engineer (36) , Internship (32)

What are the pros of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Our company is on an upward trajectory and the people are great." ((in 289 reviews)); "A great culture of helping out other employees with spare time to ensure objectives are achieved as a team." ((in 285 reviews)); "Good work life balance (but there is a trend that it gets a little worse)" ((in 283 reviews)); "Benefits are good and the European vibe is nice." ((in 211 reviews)); "Good Salary and RSU’s" ((in 117 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Some managers have no idea how to delegate work and have no interest in your personal development." ((in 44 reviews)); "Poor leadership; frequent changes in direction resulting in frequent redundancies" ((in 20 reviews)); "Upper management is good but my team and manager is bad" ((in 12 reviews)); "Senior management are asking people to add reviews to GlassDoor to get the ratings up" ((in 12 reviews)); "It is becomming increasingly obvious as I become more senior that my line manager is completely clueless about how to resolve issues." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Arm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Arm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Arm in 2026.

Arm reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(2,630 total reviews)

Rene Haas

93% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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

5.0

Jul 5, 2013

Could not have asked for anything more

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very open company in terms of culture and communication. One of the best salary if compared to our competitors. Get to work on cutting edge technologies which would be coming in market in next 3-4 years. Great ecosystem around which the whole industry is based. Great place for learning and knowledge sharing. job flexibility and team rotation policy. And countless other Pros...

Cons

Very few people know about ARM considering how the fact that 140 ARM based chips are shipped by our partners per minute and till date 35 Billion ARM based chips are in Market.

4.0

Jul 4, 2013

Good

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge work, atleast for a while till you set used to it. Good Work life balance. Great peers, will learn a lot initially.

Cons

Average pay. Work does get monotonous. Bad retention poilcy.

5.0

Jun 28, 2013

Employee for 12 years in variety of project management and senior operational roles

Engineering director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great to work for a very successful company at the forefront of the tech and communications industry. Increasingly involved in new markets - servers, internet of things etc - brings lots of opportunities for personal growth and development Company strongly promotes a healthy work culture whether work/life balance, work environment, general health and well being, respect for your peers

Cons

As the company gets bigger, roles have become more specialized so there is less opportunity for breadth of career and involvement.

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