Decaying - Staff Design Engineer Arm Employee Review

Thank you for your open and direct feedback. The Arm engineering teams in Austin have been working tirelessly to design products that are changing the world. We have created a strong engineering culture which supports us in doing our best work. I’m sorry you seem to not have had this experience, and I’ll try to address several points that you have raised. Our Austin site has historically experienced low attrition levels due to our strong engineering culture, interesting and challenging project work, and work-life balance. Recently, there has been a lot of movement of engineers among various companies in Austin due to the dynamics of the local job market - there are several companies that are expanding their teams (including Arm), and this naturally results in people changing jobs. While this happens and is normal, we are confident in our business direction and the Arm culture, which attracts world-class engineers. We value the personal development of our engineers - we want everyone to be learning and growing their personal and professional skills, through a combination of engineering project work and other development activities. I’m sorry if you had a poor experience with your manager on this front. We are committed to developing our managers to become better leaders, as we know how important this is to our employees. The Austin engineering leadership team welcomes the opportunity to talk to people about their careers and personal development, so please reach out and we’d be happy to meet with you. Arm has been successful in attracting some of the best engineers in the industry, from college graduates to experienced Principal Engineers. We feel our brand is still very strong, and we continue to attract and hire skilled engineers into our engineering teams. Right here on Glassdoor you’ll find an abundance of positive reviews of the Arm brand and culture. Our compensation and benefits are competitive, and we offer generous health care and personal benefits. Some of the special perks we offer at Arm include progressive leave (four weeks of vacation from the start with the option to buy an additional week, four week sabbatical every four years, time off for personal care, 18 weeks of maternity and 8 weeks of parental bonding leave), and “FlexPot” which provides $8500 per year for personal development and well-being. Arm culture emphasizes teamwork and collaboration, and this can result in more consultation during the decision-making process. While this is more respectful of diverse viewpoints and includes more people in the process, it can take more time. As Arm continues to grow, this is something we are working to address. We empower engineering project teams to own and drive the delivery of their projects, and we encourage technical leads to empower the team by distributing decision making. We strive to enable engineers to focus on their work without adding overhead and bureaucracy. If you see any decisions that are taking too long to resolve, please come talk to me and I’ll try to help. Arm’s partners expect and demand consistent innovation. For example, many of our products go into yearly refreshes for mobile phones, offering new architectural features and higher performance with every generation. Innovation happens as we push to deliver more compelling projects, and this is exemplified by our strong product lines which are enabling our partners to be successful in growing mobile, infrastructure, and automotive markets. We don’t always get to design new products from scratch, but we aim to empower engineers to innovate while consistently delivering the best possible products. We are proud of the technology our brilliant engineers develop through their dedication every day. Our people are essential to everything we do, and we will constantly look for ways to keep them engaged and creating new innovative products. Thank you to our committed Austin and global engineering teams. Bill Greene, Senior Director of Engineering