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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

VMware has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,839 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The VMware employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jul 14, 2014

Terrible Place to Work.

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Pros

GREAT people (aside from leadership), casual dress, great location

Cons

TERRIBLE work/life balance. Upper Management leads by fear. 95% of employees are working their tails off and have (easily) 120 hours of work to do and are expected to get it all done without mistakes. If you miss even the smallest thing you'll get "do we need to replace you?" The software doesn't perform well enough to keep customers happy, and the services team is the scapegoat when there is a bug. Ridiculous. QA doesn't have enough time to do sufficient testing before a new version is released, but CEO insists on having the most features and functionality at the sacrifice of quality. If you decide to work here, you better have tough skin, be ready to be humiliated and condescended to while working 70-80 hours a week on a product that doesn't work consistently. and I repeat, leadership is awful. Here's hoping VMWare changes that, but being based in Silicon Valley I have little hope there will be any real changes, other than free drinks in the break room. Paid time off is a joke. 13 days which includes sick time.

1.0
May 9, 2014

Do not work here.

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Pros

The people (minus management) are great. The people they hire are extremely talented, but often taken for granted.

Cons

I've been in the workforce for 15 years and this is BY FAR the worst company I have ever worked for. Management and upper-management does not care about their employees. You will often be thrown under the bus by your boss. Work-life balance does not exist because you are on call 24/7. Giving it your all is not enough and never appreciated. PTO is bad, no sick days, and insurance benefits are expensive.

2.0
Oct 16, 2012
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Pros

after 8+ years of working with VMware-Bangalore, I have nothing more to say apart from: ----You get a good sneek peek of future technology at VMware. btw, this is the only reason some of the very talented engineers are working with VMware-Bangalore.

Cons

1. Full of politics. Almost all of management is full of lobbyists. 2. Complete recruitment system is flawed. Examples: --You can see relatives getting in so easily with mere skills & credentials. Brothers, cousins, spouses all in. --No-one even care about the interview feedback; forget that, they done even care if the interview feedback is not even submitted. All of interview process is just for showoff..decisions are based on completely different parameters. if you do not have a 'godfather' , dont even consider applying for a job here. 3. Major lax in transparency. Management in HQ do not have visibility of ground reality in remote sites. 4. In-competent managers in QA. Zero technical skills. You need to be very careful because a little intelligence can make them very insecure. I do not want to name people, but you yes you get the idea.

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