Arm reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(2,632 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 2,632 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Jan 11, 2016

Good for learning, bad for facilities

Anonymous employee
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Pros

ARM knowledge is currently very much valued in the industry and ARM is the place to be when it comes to learning today's digital architecture. Work life balance is good

Cons

Employee facilities are very poor and the office premises has hardly any infrastructure. There were promises of cricket ground, tennis court , good food options and centralized transport for employee commute when there was a move to the new office , but none of them seem to have been undertaken ever after 2 1/2 years. Office cabs that are provided seem to be mega expensive where as in many companies company transport is free of cost!

3.0
Oct 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working on interesting stuff, with direct applications. Still highly profitable.

Cons

Is now a giant company governed by an army of VPs and directors who have no consideration for the engineering community.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review. Our unique business model allows us to challenge employees with interesting work as we partner with so many different semiconductor companies. This has also helped us grow as fast as we have the last few years, especially as we make our way into the Internet of Things and servers. The majority and heart of the company are still in engineering, though as you noted in your title there are some drawbacks with a large growing company. Most of the VPs and Directors come from an engineering background, so a lot of feedback from engineers are still considered before moving forward with an action plan. We've scaled rapidly the last few years, and we openly admit that new processes in IT and HR could have better implemented quicker as to not cause disruption to the core business, though we still have much work to do! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
3.0
Oct 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant staff. Plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

Cons

Struggling with growth. A lot of position churn makes it difficult to plan projects and communicate effectively. Many projects understaffed in order to balance growth vs revenue which is understandable but stressful and limiting company performance.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review! Even though we're growing at a rapid pace, we're not immune to growing pains. Balancing growth vs revenue like you said is a necessary though we try to limit doing so as much as possible. A challenge is changing the mindset of software candidates in the industry is more than just a hardware company, when in reality, we are about 50% software now! That being said, every company has attrition, though we are quite proud our attrition rate is one of the lowest in the tech industry! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
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