Becoming a giant, with all the associated drawbacks - Principal Design Engineer Arm Employee Review

3.0
Oct 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working on interesting stuff, with direct applications. Still highly profitable.

Cons

Is now a giant company governed by an army of VPs and directors who have no consideration for the engineering community.

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Arm Response
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Thanks for leaving a review. Our unique business model allows us to challenge employees with interesting work as we partner with so many different semiconductor companies. This has also helped us grow as fast as we have the last few years, especially as we make our way into the Internet of Things and servers. The majority and heart of the company are still in engineering, though as you noted in your title there are some drawbacks with a large growing company. Most of the VPs and Directors come from an engineering background, so a lot of feedback from engineers are still considered before moving forward with an action plan. We've scaled rapidly the last few years, and we openly admit that new processes in IT and HR could have better implemented quicker as to not cause disruption to the core business, though we still have much work to do! -Rick C. Social Recruiting Manager

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