ARM Holdings Reviews

Pros

People work well together at ARM. People are more focused meeting objectives, than egos, politics, and infighting. Example: if you're new to the team, then they'll help you succeed rather than set you up to fail.

Cons

It's a small company so sometimes budgets are tight when it comes to certain trade shows or other marketing initiatives.

Advice to Senior Management

It's hard to give advice to execs who have steered the company well - for 2011 shares are up over 30%.

Pros

Great presence in microprocessor. The company has great future next couple of years.

Cons

Rest of divisions need to catch up processor division.

Pros

ARM is a fair employer. The work is challenging, demanding and at times interesting. A lot of experienced people you get to learn from. Benefits package is on par with the industry standard.

Cons

Salaries are way higher for the same role in the US, at times double. Cost of living in UK is very very high, inflation is high, economy is down. Quality of life is not great.

Advice to Senior Management

Quality of life is poor, there may be many reasons beyond companies control. But the salary levels for the same grade in UK compared to US is quite low.

Pros

They provide good flexible working when needed. They give a one-off 4 week 'sabbatical' lump of extra vacation time for every four years of service. If you are driven enough and have the correct people skills to fit the company, you can affect change or carve out your own roles to some extent.

Cons

Marketing driven, with input from a select few. Bulk of engineering team can be treated like children by marketing - "do what you are told and don't ask questions you don't know anything about."
Often runs with minimal resource on projects. People's roles are weakly defined so you can get good and bad projects depending on your co-workers.

Advice to Senior Management

Drive better role definitions, communication and soft skill development at all levels, not just the upper management. Analyse product development flows to make sure we are answering the right questions early enough to prevent inefficiencies later.

Pros

Great Teams, Open atmosphere, Latest Technology , Great overview of a Electronics industry because it has so many customers using ARM's IP

Cons

There is not much downside expect that if you want to not work in the field of computer architecture.
Otherwise work is good and people are responsive.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue with the tradition of excellence and gardwork at ARM. This is going to be next big thing with mobile industry getting to the top.

Pros

they really take good care of employees plus it's famous at IP, they offer onsite food order, massage order, car wash etc

Cons

Not many locations for you to choose here in US. Plus it's famous in EE, but not well know to companies in other field

Advice to Senior Management

It is very open here, I don't have that much of leadership experience here with ARM but it's a place really rewarding being creative, organized and responsible

Pros

Opportunity to switch to different teams
Transparency.

Cons

No tapeout done at company and if you are looking for that try some other company

Advice to Senior Management

Great Work

Pros

Great vacation
Great business model
European way of looking at benefits
Meetings are welcome to jokes
Teamwork
Freedom to do things well and not get forced into keeping the traditon

Cons

Most stuff needs approval from England

Advice to Senior Management

Good job

Pros

Interesting work, can work independently, lightweight line management.

Cons

Poor salaries, rely on share value
Broken promotions system
Kneejerk management decisions
Lack of space in cambridge
Wasteful hr training courses
Poor salaries....

Pros

Access to leading edge technology.
Empowerment to tackle engineering issues by any means.
Get to work with smart people.
Access to the gold standard designers for other companies.

Cons

Woefull IT policy outside of main centres.
Difficulties in getting good raises for the best junior staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Have the balls to drive through new technologies into the market.
But be equally aggressive in cutting areas that are not performing.