A severely bloated business model - Systems Developer Arm Employee Review

1.0
17 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- OK working environment - Charismatic bouqet of technical employees - Many Pokemon and Star Wars fans - Lots of games at the office: playing cards, XBOX, PS4 - Not much actual work done - Great share-based compensation programme for all employees - Dress as you wish culture, generally unkempt 'DevOps' attire fits best

Cons

- Very high levels of politics - Some teams get replaced overnight - Plenty of talk and quite little action - Small decisions that may be considered trivial elsewhere take long times to achieve - Clueless and disengaged management relies on scare tactics - Presenteeism, as long as your act looks like a fit then there's not much expected - Outdated internal and customer technology and very little appetite for change - Zero products, everything is made by other companies and ARM gets a share, more like a parasitic business model.

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5.0
5 June 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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