Arm Senior Software Developer reviews

4.4

93% would recommend to a friend

(136 total reviews)
avatar

Rene Haas

96% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Arm with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 136 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Arm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

136 reviews
4.0
Jul 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Encourages employees to participate in open source, conferences etc. Flexible working hours. Good cash awards. Hacking days, Sabbatical.

Cons

Not many promotion opportunities and poor guidance on how to achieve a promotion. A tendency to use open source or acquire rather than building IP in-house. Technical challenges are few. Too many managers.

avatar
Arm Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to give feedback and It’s great to read you are enjoying our benefits and flexible working environment. We are coming up to our mid-year review, which is a good opportunity to review your objectives, discuss your progress, and your development plan with your line manager. If you feel you are ready for more challenging work or goals that stretch you should ask for it and agree with your manager how to make that happen. Sometimes it can feel there are too many managers in a situation and I suggest you tackle that with your line manager so you both have a deeper understanding of why. There are defined expectations of the differences between the project and product manager, for example. You can also find situations where people are playing multiple roles e.g. a line manager and an engineering manager is common. Arm are very open to trying new approaches to how we operate. Have the team considered being more self-organised and taking on some of the management responsibilities themselves. I hope you feel the culture is open enough for you to be able to explore these ideas and be part of our continual improvement. The Arm grade framework provides information on roles at different levels in the organisation and grade is determined by a combination of the outcomes & capabilities needed and the experience the individual brings to the role. We are open about who was promoted and why – it’s worth discussing with your line manager how this applies in your group. If you feel that you need further support to understand how promotions and career development works, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your groups People Business Partner. We also welcome you to reach out directly by emailing: glassdoorfeedback@arm.com
4.0
Jun 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, and flexible working, knowledge sharing.

Cons

Maybe not very specific on the developing

avatar
Arm Response
8y
Thank you so much for your valuable feedback. Without knowing the details of your concerns around development, we would suggest you to approach your line manager or People Services team to be able to improve the situation
4.0
Apr 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

From an engineering point of view, Arm is a very collaborative place. There are very very smart people willing to help everybody to provide the best results. I would say this is the most precious asset of the company. Arm is investing in many areas and trying to expand its profit areas. As a side-effect it creates many opportunities for current employees. There are a lot of interesting benefits and training opportunities. I appreciate the company is interested in listening to (sometimes very curious) employees needs and do their best to keep everybody happy in the benefits package.

Cons

The internal conference/meetings/message communicator, does not work. IT is messy, really not good. Salary is below the average.

Viewing 112 - 114 of 136 Reviews

Glassdoor has 3,230 Arm reviews submitted anonymously by Arm employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Arm is right for you.