Pros: * The pay is very good. Outside of Cambridge in most places you will earn a very good wage for your living costs. * The offices are nice. Standing desks, no hot-desks. Quiet environment and you are free to go to the one of many meeting rooms if you need to. It's a technology company so technical people are taken seriously.

Cons: * Poor work-life balance because Arm Manchester mainly recruits very smart young people and makes them work super hard. Most people do additional work into the evenings, either on the record or not. Most people will claim not to even though they do! This is because the level of workload that is assigned to each employee - you are not directly told to work overtime but if you don't, you will get bad performance reviews etc. * Confrontational and competitive environment which is not really a collaborative environment unless you were hired in via a referral and already have allies there. * Lack of focus on testing and quality because there is no real resourcing for testing/test quality. It is a developer-led organisation and testing is seen as an afterthought or not important in general.

Pros: Amazing place to work. People are technically brilliant, diversity and inclusion is heavily encouraged and you can really feel that your work is meaningful. Future seems bright for the company.

Cons: The work/life balance was better before.

Pros: It was a beautiful office with many great people and only a few not so great ones. It was a great environment to work with a variety of projects spread between a number of teams. It was an employer that makes you feel wanted and valued, offering great benefits and flexibility.

Cons: It is close to bustling Piccadilly Gardens and its users. Manchester is a pretty horrible place to commute into if you don't have a direct transport link or are dependent on your car.