Arm Reviews

Pros

very good culture, smart people

Cons

salary rates - unfair policies

Advice to Management

please have a look to appreciate people's work, not ambitions only. some people get fast to promotion just because they are asking for it not because they deserve it. this creates a lot of frustration among other colleagues who work hard.

Pros

Core CPU group is good place to work from learning point of view

Cons

1.Highly immature and unprofessional HR 2.Management does not know about future goals, they just hit everything in dark 3.Highly unstable non CPU business which kicks on and kick off every 2-3 years 4.Managment has no transparency, expect the unexpected every once a while. 5.College, University type work culture where your manager will be competing with you. 6.Learning inter-departmental skills are not... encouraged, otherwise be ready to face the wrath of the manager. 7.Employees aren't the values, they are just used.

Advice to Management

Respect the employees by telling the truth about all the situations which company goes through.

Pros

Arm has a good global brand, products and customers. You will have a chance to work with lots of different technologies and platforms.

Cons

Arm is a disorganised and political place to work. Occasionally self satisfied and arrogant.

Advice to Management

Continue with improvements in progress.

Pros

Benefits, Career Growth, Reward Package

Cons

Centralised decision making out of UK or US only

Pros

Recognised name in the industry. Access to state-of-the-art hardware and software years before official releases. Opportunity to get in touch with a large amount of big names in the industry and build relationships.

Cons

Mostly no products - no focus at all on execution and delivery Lot of duplicated work between teams, almost absent communications between groups working on the same things - eventually this leads to re-organisations and layoffs Incredible amount of middle managers and self-declared tech leads who don't really lead anything, apart for their career in some safe spot. You can pass your day basically doing nothing... and nobody will ever complain, unless you don't get along with the management, than they will pick on you on the next round of layoffs Went downhill since Softbank acquisition, as Softbank is either using Arm for financial/political reasons or they don't have a clue of what to do with it - basically late on every possible market expansion opportunity apart from mobile (AI, servers, autonomous driving, etc). Lots of inexperienced hires doing fundamental technical work, hence the work created on top of that will be flawed. No exit interview.

Advice to Management

Reduce the number of managers (tech leads, directors, senior directors). Stop hiring just graduates to do the work - this reflects in the quality of your final

Pros

Very good company to work for, with good work ethics and ethos. Decent package and benefits. Very flexible on working time with good work life balance.

Cons

Shares are not part of package

Pros

Get to work with some of the best people in the industry. Get to work on technology that is changing the world. Get to work with some of the most important companies in the world. Travel.

Cons

Hard work, challenging project deadlines. Travel.

Advice to Management

Too many opportunities available - prioritise...

Pros

Good ethics, strong workplace culture and friendly staff willing to help you. Fast paced and challenging but worth it.

Cons

Further clarity on progression planning and what next steps in career ladder are.