Is Arm a good company to work for?

Arm has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 3,236 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 90% of employees would recommend working at Arm to a friend and 89% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Arm have been left by employees working as Principal Design Engineer , Staff Engineer and Intern .

Does Arm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Arm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Arm. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Arm?

90% of Arm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Arm 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Arm?

Software Engineer (154) , Senior Software Engineer (136) , Intern (121) , Staff Engineer (107) , Engineer (102) , Graduate Engineer (96) , Senior Engineer (79) , Principal Engineer (75) , Verification Engineer (73) , Staff Software Engineer (59) , Design Engineer (57) , Project Manager (44) , Director (36) , Senior Design Engineer (36) , Internship (32)

What are the pros of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Our company is on an upward trajectory and the people are great." ((in 296 reviews)); "Good work life balance (but there is a trend that it gets a little worse)" ((in 292 reviews)); "A great culture of helping out other employees with spare time to ensure objectives are achieved as a team." ((in 275 reviews)); "Benefits are good and the European vibe is nice." ((in 206 reviews)); "Good Salary and RSU’s" ((in 113 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Arm according to real employee reviews?

"Some managers have no idea how to delegate work and have no interest in your personal development." ((in 42 reviews)); "Poor leadership; frequent changes in direction resulting in frequent redundancies" ((in 21 reviews)); "Line management and upper management rarely truely know what the Project Managers are actually doing." ((in 11 reviews)); "Senior management are asking people to add reviews to GlassDoor to get the ratings up" ((in 10 reviews)); "Bullying is prevalent in many areas" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Arm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Arm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Arm in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Arm locations?

Austin , San Jose , Chandler , San Diego , Seattle , Boston , Waltham , Sunnyvale , Durham , Raleigh , Houston , Los Angeles , Mountain View , Cambridge , Deerfield Beach , New York , Ypsilanti , Spring Lake , Washington , Fort Worth , Plano , Tyler , Minneapolis , Canoga Park , Milpitas , Santa Clara , Olympia , Federal Way , Portland , Erie

Arm reviews

4.5

90% would recommend to a friend

(227 total reviews)

Rene Haas

93% approve of CEO

89% positive business outlook

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4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.4

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

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5.0

Aug 13, 2018

Good place to work

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of Vacation/sick leave + Sabbatical. Great place to work.

Cons

No RSUs but compensated by cash (bonuses) .

Arm Response

7y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! The benefits and perks tied to the packages at Arm are fantastic. Obviously after the acquisition by SoftBank we are no longer a publicly traded company and the issuance of RSU’s or stock became impossible. Also, as you identified the Arm Reward Team has made every effort to ensure that employees don’t lose out entirely by replacing with parallel perks in the form of cash which keeps us in line and competitive with other employers within the industry in similar situations.

5.0

Jun 22, 2018

Great company, bright future, geographically dispersed

Principal research engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Arm provides great benefits, which allow employees to just focus on how they can best contribute to the company. Great, collaborative company culture. -- Competitive salary -- Good bonuses -- "FlexPot" benefit that help reimburse kid's college tuition, pay for personal growth, etc (thousand of dollars per year) -- GREAT time-off benefits (4-5 wks vacation, 4 wk sabbatical every 4 years) -- no-hassle business travel budgets -- respect for work-life balance The company culture is very collaborative; all about "we, not I", so there are few problems with big egos. Everyone is helpful and cooperative. There isn't a significant divide between managers and employees; there is little emphasis on "hierarchy".

Cons

-- Dealing with disperse geographies (notably San Jose, Austin TX, and Cambridge England) creates challenges. Many people seem to report to someone whose office is thousands of miles away. It's not uncommon for someone in San Jose to report to a manager in Austin, who reports to someone in Austin, who reports to an executive back in San Jose. This works better for more senior people, who can work independently; new college grads need a lot more guidance so need to be co-located with their manager and others in their group. -- some work areas are being changed from cubicles into Facebook-style long work benches, due to space constraints ... although I would never want to work that way, apparently new college grads don't mind

Arm Response

8y

As with any company there will always be challenges and areas for improvement. Individual team cultures can vary at times based on their leadership. However, the goal is to have a rich and fulfilling growth-oriented culture that spans across the global organization collectively and I believe Arm is well on its way to achieving this.

3.0

Mar 17, 2018

Memory Design Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours Good vacation and sabbatical package

Cons

Very repetitive work Very few engineers actually get to work on the design Less design work and more of command running work Poor compensation package in terms of cash

Arm Response

8y

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We are happy that you are enjoying the flexibility and the four-week sabbatical. We are sorry to see you are not currently enjoying your tasks. In many of the reviews that Arm employees leave on Glassdoor they tend to mention challenging work as one of the reasons they enjoy working here. We would like this to be your experience as well. Without knowing about the team or projects you are working on, we would suggest you have a conversation with your manager about the kind of work you would like to get more involved in. With all the benefits, Launch/Partner award and Flexpot, the total compensation package is competitive on the market!

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