Arm

The culture is quite laid back. There is good compensation and benefits.

The organisation is split into two areas of power - what might be termed as "Classic Arm" and "New Arm". Each of these are themselves split into several smaller fiefdoms. Communication between all these groups is almost non-existent, and the general culture tends to be mutual distrust and suspicion. This culture extends to all levels of the company.

The result is an inability to execute on any cohesive strategy, duplication of work, gaps, and missed opportunities. Attempts to improve in a way which crosses these boundaries often run into an internal political buzzsaw.

Management is concentrated in the US, isolated and sometimes out of touch with most of the worldwide engineering organisation. Career advancement beyond a certain point is generally based on your ability to play political games, and unrelated to the delivery of customer value or innovation.

Fix the culture before it's too late.

Time for another restructuring, and remove at least one layer of management.