Arm Principal Software Engineer reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)
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Rene Haas

67% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Principal Software Engineer employees have rated Arm with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Arm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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24 reviews
5.0
Jul 22, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Global impact across much of computing from mobile, TVs, automotive, microcontrollers and soon servers and IoT - Opportunities to travel and work with a massive distribution of customers across nearly all aspects of computing - Large opportunities to progress for those willing to work hard, but also support for those who wish to continue to perform well at their current positions - Great company culture around employee development and co-work to success. - Excellent work life balance especially sabbatical (4-week block of extra holiday every 4 years of service)

Cons

- A few growing pains due to recent growth - With increasing customers and commitments there is less time for spontaneous creativity (i.e. innovation)

5.0
Dec 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent people to work with, products used in everything!

Cons

Everything is under-resourced from projects to buildings.

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Arm Response
10y
Thanks for leaving a review! Our employees are what make ARM so great, and we're continually investing in the resources needed to keep it a great place to work. We've grown rapidly in the last few years, and had some growing pains with regards to processes and infrastructure, though we're working to improve on that as quickly as possible. The new ARM building in Cambridge should be breaking ground early in 2016 which when completed, should give everyone there a bit more elbow room. Hopefully with the investments we've made in our employees will help improve delivery dates as well! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager
3.0
Oct 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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