arc - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) ARC Int'l

ARC is trying to change from being a processor IP company into an audio and video IP company. If you have experience in these areas or a willingness to learn, ARC can be a good place to work. I worked a lot of hours at ARC, but it was by choice.

A big problem I saw was a lack of focus on a narrow enough market segment where a small company like ARC can prosper. The middle management (director level) ranks are inexperienced in general, without a lot of experience in other companies, managing people and projects, or getting things done. Finally, even though ARC is a small company, it splits engineering and management between the UK and US, and has engineering sites in Russia and India. I think this is too much geographic, managerial, and cultural fragmentation for a 150-person workforce.

There used to be a very good engineering team in place, with good expertise and knowledge.

Now almost all of the core engineering team has gone, with the knowledge and experience, and it is all outsourced.