Is Arm a good company to work for?

Arm has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 3,240 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 (122) , Staff Engineer (108) , 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 304 reviews)); "Good work life balance (but there is a trend that it gets a little worse)" ((in 291 reviews)); "A great culture of helping out other employees with spare time to ensure objectives are achieved as a team." ((in 266 reviews)); "Benefits are good and the European vibe is nice." ((in 207 reviews)); "Good Salary and RSU’s" ((in 112 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 39 reviews)); "Poor leadership; frequent changes in direction resulting in frequent redundancies" ((in 20 reviews)); "Senior management are asking people to add reviews to GlassDoor to get the ratings up" ((in 11 reviews)); "Line management and upper management rarely truely know what the Project Managers are actually doing." ((in 10 reviews)); "Bullying is prevalent in many areas" ((in 8 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?

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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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4.0

Dec 16, 2015

ARM is a great place to work.

Staff verification engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work , good team, friendly environment. Nice place to work.

Cons

Management not good. Not transparent. Salary not good. Overall compared to previous job not good.

Arm Response

10y

Thanks for leaving a review, and your over 5 years of employment with ARM! We are proud to have an open and collaborative work environment, making it a friendly and positive place to work. That being said, if you feel that management is not doing an adequate job or are not transparent, please do contact your HR Business Partner to raise a flag on the issues you feel we can improve upon. Without knowing what the issues are, we can't fix anything. Regarding salary, we reviewed all salaries across the board and conducted external benchmarking so we are more in line and competitive with the market rates. By now, you should have been assessed your TAP rating and the adjustments in your salary should reflect this, if it was below market value. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

5.0

Dec 9, 2015

A good company to work in!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ARM is a market leader and in the front of technology for mobile, IoT and others. You have the chance to learn a lot, and as the Israeli branch is expanding there are opportunities for personal growth,and also ramp for possible re-location. ARM is also very good name on your CV. Salaries and benefits are good. atmosphere is good, not a lot of politics.

Cons

Being a small extension of an English company you are not at the heart of things, and your ability to influence is smaller. Another thing, hardly any public transportation available to the Kfar Netter office which means you must use a car.

5.0

Oct 22, 2015

The best place to start your career

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is no doubt you'll be given real accountability in your role, and for that reason there are also plenty of opportunities to be creative. There are always opportunities to develop too, whether that be in project work, role rotations or general day to day experiences when mingling with some of the experts in the field. ARM is not the kind of place where you will be spoon fed training programmes or classes - you are expected to go after and seek out opportunities which means you're working with really motivated and talented people day in day out.

Cons

There arent really any cons except bonus payments seem to have reduced in recent years.

Arm Response

10y

Thanks for leaving a review! We hire with the expectation that employees contribute fairly early on in their role, but also gives them the opportunity to develop like you mention. Career development is a major focus to keep everyone from our engineers to HR staff the ability to work on something that really interests them, part of the reason we have such low attrition rates! As for the bonus, we didn't hit our 10% bonus as in years past, but a 5% bonus is still quite nice given our stretch goals! Hopefully this year we'll be able to make our numbers! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

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