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?

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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

Jun 9, 2015

Fast pace and growing company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

interesting work, open, lot of benefits, European culture, travel opportunity, diverse, collaborative environment

Cons

salary, rapid turn over, work load, growing too fast, HR, re-organisation

Arm Response

11y

Thanks for leaving a review! It's a bit of a cycle that we're caught in right now. As the ARM product portfolio grows and we get more industry recognition, our partners are looking for us to develop products faster. This means we need to hire additional people to offset the growing work load, but like you said, it can seem like we're growing too fast, especially since the IT infrastructure hasn't caught up to where our employee workforce level is at yet. BUT! We've been actively working on that by increasing IT hiring to help support the engineers that are driving the technology of tomorrow. For salary, the Rewards team is actively benchmarking across the tech industry, and will make adjustments as needed. We recently launched the new AFDS so there are more frequent conversations regarding employee development, and not just a review once at the end of the year. As far as attrition is concerned, we still have one of the lowest turnover numbers in the tech, or any industry for that matter, which we are extremely proud of. If you do have any additional feedback, please do feel free to reach out to me! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

4.0

May 22, 2015

Smart and easygoing co-workers, good vacations and benefits

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

ARM's a good company to work for. Since the company's British, we've got more of a laid-back culture than somewhere like Apple. And we get good holidays and benefits because of the British culture. Mobile stuff is on the way up, and ARM's at the front of that. It's nice to be in a market segment that's trending up instead of down.

Cons

They're a little conservative with money. We don't have fancy headquarters or fabulous perks in the office. Salaries are supposedly lower than at similar American companies. We're not as deep into implementation technology as companies like Intel and Apple, since we mostly license the ARM instruction set.

Arm Response

11y

Thanks for leaving a review! I completely agree that there are some great perks for working for a British company in the US, foremost being the generous vacation and holiday allotment we get. We've had to be a bit conservative as we're growing quickly these days (as you're well aware, having been with ARM for over 10 years!). Hopefully, the new building will address a lot of the issues that you mention, like a nicer building and perks. Salaries are still fairly competitive, but we factor in total compensation including bonuses and RSUs. -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

4.0

Mar 9, 2015

Great people

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great people to work with, relaxed atmosphere, great summer and Christmas parties, if you are on the main site there is a gym and canteen. Open to flexible working and part time arrangements.

Cons

Too many meetings, benefit package is poor, the 2015 bonus was dire and there appears to be a huge discrepancy between US and UK salaries. If you are off the main site there is no canteen or gym unless you travel to the main site. The technology you are given to work with is not good.

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