Good benefits, interesting work, but politics can get in the way quite badly - Anonymous employee Arm Employee Review

3.0
18 Jun 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Performance related bonus, shares (not stock options), and 1 month paid sabbatical every 4 years on top of holidays.

Cons

Politics often get in the way. The company still retains people in very senior positions who still have a small company (<100 people) mentality, and haven't quite transitioned to the fact that this a 3000+ multinational $1bn company. This can end up getting in the way of people being efficient at their jobs, and in loosing valuable and hard-to-replace talent, and makes the reward system subjective rather than objective and performance based. Base pay is lower than for similar jobs in the industry, and although benefits can make up for it on good years (and there have been quite a few of those), on a bad year you feel the pinch.

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Well positioned. Great benefits. Good compensation. Nice stock comp growth and 401k match

Cons

Getting busier than what it used to be. In a way that’s good.

5.0
20 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Best company to work for

Cons

Workload has increased with new strategies

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