Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(2,636 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 2,636 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
4.0
May 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

ARM follows a very good work culture and is very open. I have worked here for really long time and always find there are lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Within the company you can always find the information you are looking for or can approach anyone regarding any question you have. I also feel there are enough growth opportunities and people are rewarded for their work and talent

Cons

Its a mid sized companies (around 4-5 thousand people) so has usual cons of large companies. The non salary benefits are minimal (no day care, minimal transport etc). Also different groups go through diferernt phases. While this is common to any workplace that explains some of the bad reviews

3.0
May 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The environment is great, people are friendly and helpfull

Cons

not too many technical challenges

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review! We love to keep the work environment very positive and collaborative, so it's great to see your feedback here. If you don't feel challenged in your current role, I encourage you to talk to your line manager to see what other opportunities or projects you may be able to assist with. I also recommend viewing other vacancies on the internal careers page to see what other roles may be of interest to you. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
2.0
May 26, 2016

Average company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Good work life balance. * Four weeks of sabbatical every four years. * Decent stock grant every year. * Chance to work on the latest ARM technology.

Cons

* Salary is significantly lower than other semiconductor companies. * Work is related to validation. There is no design or development work. * Bangalore is a remote center so your work can be taken away by folks in Cambridge at any point no matter how well you do it. * The environment for engineers is steadily deteriorating. The last few years have seen the emergence of a new culture which places more emphasis on presentations and talking rather than real engineering work. As a result, honest hard-working engineers are being sidelined and loud mouths who don't hesitate to take credit for others work are being promoted. I guess it is the result of conducting too many leadership courses at five star hotels. A lot of good engineers are leaving the company due to this but the management is least bothered because they believe engineers can be easily replaced. That might be true but good engineers cannot be easily replaced. The hiring standards are declining and the quality of new hires is pathetic.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review. As you note, we offer a very good work life balance and benefits for all employees, including a sabbatical every four years in addition to the bonuses and stocks granted to high performing employees. When you factor in the total compensation package, including the above mentioned bonuses, RSUs, PTO in addition to the salary, we are quite competitive with the other semiconductor companies in the region. Having time off to focus and remain productive is quite valuable both for the employee and for the company. As for the work environment, we are reading the reviews from the Bangalore office here on Glassdoor as well as taking feedback we learned from the ARM Engagement survey to make working at ARM a positive one. While it won't be an overnight change, discussions are taking place with senior management both in India and Cambridge, so this is something we are committed to improving. I invite you to leave another review next year, as we would like to see how we have improved things in the ARM Bangalore office. Thanks, -Rick C.
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