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 23% above average for employers within the Informatique industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 14, 2016

Pass Physical Design team at any cost.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1.) ARM as a company seems to be good but Physical design group should be avoided at any cost. 2.) Decent benefits (health, time offs etc.) 3.) If you are lick spittle you will do well.

Cons

1.) Clueless and spineless management (It should not be called management at all). Always scared of toe gurus. No checks and balances. 2.) Too many arrogant engineers who think that they know their stuff but they know very little. 3.) Toothless HR. 4.) Bad hiring process (no diversity at all) 5.) No one follows privacy 6)People get promotions based on their servile attitude and not on merit. 7.) Complete lack of professionalism. I can go on and on but you get the picture.

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Arm Response
9y
Thanks for leaving a review. I'm disheartened to read your review, as it does not describe the ARM I have come to know and experienced. That said, everyone's experience at each company is different, so I will try to address the cons you have mentioned. The ARM Core Beliefs of 'We, not I, Passion for progress, and Be your brilliant self' are fundamental in the success of ARM as a company, as our employees are what drive the company. This doesn't give other employees the right to bully others simply based on their seniority and ideas, so that is why we have HR Business Partners who are there to help support each team to ensure that each employee is working in a healthy work environment. As with most companies in the tech space, diversity is something that we all have room to improve upon. That said, we do have quite a diverse work force in the Austin office, skewing more diverse within the younger generation. Addressing your fifth point of no one following privacy, this is something we take extremely seriously, as we are a company that relies solely on the licensing of Intellectual Property. If we were to have a lapse in security or privacy, that would be a detriment to ARM, as we would lose a lot of trust from our partners. If you do have any additional feedback or advice to management, I welcome it as without feedback from the employee, we wouldn't know there is an issue that needs to be addressed! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
3.0
Jul 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Sabbatical every 4 years, decent working environment in terms of facilities and infrastructure. Respected employer, with employees that historically care about the company and it's future success.

Cons

Company is growing up and getting far more corporate, with less emphasis on getting the job done vs. spin. Becoming a far more political environment to work in. Lots of emphasis on talent and new people coming in, but those new people don't really have the talent and really don't care about the future management of the company.

2.0
Oct 31, 2013

ARM... how I will not miss you!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible scheduling Casual work environment Happy hours during business hours Amazing benefits - free medical/dental/vision, awesome 401K match, great RSU grants, and great bonus plan Decent salary

Cons

Some unfriendliness; if you aren't a seasoned employee, they treat you like an outsider Not very thorough training, if you even receive any If are low on the totem poll, you feel it Don't offer coaching/counseling; if you're having problems, they just fire you If you're not in the UK (HQ), you don't get all of the perks

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Arm Response
11y
Thanks for the feedback, though we hope you miss us at least a little if you've since left us! Since late 2013, we've taken steps to improve the process flow for training, promotion, retention and overall communication within the company. We invite you to reach out to your former colleagues to see how things have changed around the office.
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