The only reason the UK is in the office is because only one legal requirement has to be done face to face. Can you guess which one that is?

What did folk think of this? There was a lot of talk about the ‘data’, but a notable lack of it actually shared. Just broad assertions like “women and people of colour are underrepresented” and “white men had the largest advantage in the hiring... —  read more 

Seems like there is a large top-down push to get projects tied up for September/October from management, right around the mid-year review cycle and entering of graduates. Even individuals are being pushed to document and tie up their work under the... —  read more 

The company has been given a few months to get it's affairs in order, but the deal is dead. Expect a lot of manuevers before official announcements in the coming months.

PoU Date - 5 September WFH Ends - 27 September Everyone prepared to act surprised when there is a "restructuring". Before the offer letters arrive?

So some of us are now receiving our offer letters in CPU and CT, seems this isn't company wide and we are being told not to share it under penalty of misconduct from what I gather.

Been seeing a lot of senior people in management going to Imagination Technologies in the past few weeks and months. I'm wondering what the attaction is? Diagonal moves more possible? People in good positions are jumping ship, just curious because... —  read more 

Yet another. Seems the market is in a strange situation and the semiconductor shortages likely raising alarm bells behind closed doors? With the acquisition looking doomed and an IPO profitability needs to be maximised. And not to mention a lot... —  read more 

Seeing some changes across HR. Nvidia prep in full swing????

So apparently the company cancelled the review cycle mid-year, but now the company has had its best ever quarter performance? Something doesn't make sense here, could this be due to price hikes which will boost performance over the short term? ... —  read more 

Numerous layoffs were cancelled at the last minute in the former ISG division, after rounds of redundancy consultations and loads of stress and worry for people. People are aghast to say at least. Rumour has it that Simon Segars was told by UK... —  read more 

Anyone familiar with the Gervais principle? It seems to be on full display at ARM. Not just the structure (middle managing clueless id–ts and upper management sociopaths) but with the acquisition this is usually the last stage in a companies... —  read more 

So, how will this shake up the company? No doubt there is a lot of fat they want trimmed.

The company just axed mid-year reviews due to revenue for non-graduates quietly announced on the Home Page. No promotions or salary changes. Wonder does that also apply to performance categories as well. That would be a nice cop out to... —  read more 

Expect a lot of "we need to make tough choices" in the company all-hands today. Any criticism of political narratives adopted by senior leadership will put a black mark on your profile (even if you ask anonymously on Zoom, it's not anonymous to the... —  read more 

So the CMO is out, apparently of her own choice, the same week the new CTO is also announced, seems more of a PR move considering the Bangalore office is a complete toxic hellhole. The CMO was responsible for risc-v facts website, and also took... —  read more 

Following the quarterly earnings many projects are now under review, nothing is getting PAT approval as the covid situation leads to a full blown recession. Best of luck to all, may your next venture have more clarity than ARM's diversity brigade. —  read more 

I'm close to those near such discussions. COVID-19 may be the excuse, but after this years key products go out the door there is a mass layoff expected to hit like in September 2018, probably a lot bigger even. It will likely be around the same... —  read more 

Contact at ARM messaged me to say lay offs are in the works, keep an eye on local news sources in the coming days.

20% pay increase for hardware and software developers Cambridge December 2019. Who will be leaving to make up for it I wonder?

Hold onto your seats, if you still have one. Here we go again.

Take a look at the threads on ARM Holdings PLC layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/arm-holdings-plc

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/business-news/arm-sack-layoff-tech-softbank-15119380

Thomas Lantzsch just got hired by Intel to run its IOT group - anyone have any first-hand observations on this guy?