The feudal system is alive and well in Arm... - Senior Principal Engineer Arm Employee Review

Thank you for sharing your views. We are at a stage in our growth where we are making changes to scale up our organisation to take on new challenges so your feedback on how you are experiencing this is appreciated. We want Arm to continue to be a great place to work and so your views are important. The recent re-organisation has resulted in a large number of new opportunities being created, with many people moving in to new roles and new teams. Without knowing your specific circumstances it’s not possible to comment on your own career development desires or opportunities, but I can comment in general terms - in the last few years we’ve put new development programs in place to help senior staff to transition in to new leadership roles, and we’ve recently created a new initiative for those engineers who are interested in moving in to Engineering Management roles. Arm’s growth has created a large number of opportunities in recent years, with many new opportunities expected in future years also. If you do not feel happy with your career development, please do speak to the relevant people business partner for your group or your line manager. Arm has made two large organisation changes in the last 4 years, both necessary to improve our focus on key markets and to ensure that we continue to be an effective organisation as we grow. Change does bring disruption, this is inevitable as we structure the organisation for the next phase of growth and we do appreciate your feedback on how it is affecting the people on the ground so to speak. In regards to your comments around leadership and management, one of our core beliefs is ‘we, not I’. We recognise that brilliance is what comes from the talents of individuals working together and we believe in empowering teams to deliver. This year we introduced core beliefs for leaders and embarked on a coaching programme to help our leadership and management teams inspire and manage their teams in a way that aligns with our culture and values. Only through inviting and responding to feedback will we be able to embed these important habits. We appreciate it is important that we both deliver and innovate, because delivery finances innovation and innovation is what continues to make us successful today. Innovation happens at multiple levels through our day to day work, and higher-level innovation initiatives is where we want to encourage more participation. The ArmIdeas program, which was announced recently, supports bandwidth for higher level innovation projects and we are looking to see how we evolve this over time. In regards to growth, we remain on track to meet the commitment that Masa made. Although Arm is growing in all regions, the UK remains our largest talent pool, and organisationally we have committed to continue to grow teams in the UK. Lowering of expectations is not a message that has been delivered from senior management, nor would it ever be – our people are why we are successful, and high quality co-workers is often one of the reasons listed by Arm employees as to why they enjoy working at Arm. If you have received a different message then I would ask that you challenge this. Please do feel that you can come and approach me directly as it is incredibly important that we take on feedback from our colleagues across the world in order to continue to make Arm a place where people love to come to work. Thanks, Gary Campbell, SVP Engineering