Does VMware pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, VMware employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at VMware. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at VMware?

86% of VMware employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated VMware 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at VMware?

Member Of Technical Staff (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , Software Engineer (215) , Staff Engineer (205) , Business Analyst (147) , Senior Manager (136) , Account Executive (132) , Director (130) , Senior Software Engineer (128) , Manager (106) , Intern (102) , Sales (94) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (92) , Account Manager (88)

What are the pros of working at VMware according to real employee reviews?

"Incredible culture and great at building work" ((in 1165 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 977 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 952 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 765 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 405 reviews))

What are the cons of working at VMware according to real employee reviews?

"This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." ((in 415 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 241 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 135 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 68 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 64 reviews))

What are employees saying about VMware layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about VMware layoffs and their outlook for job security at VMware in 2026.

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

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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11K reviews

3.0

Jan 20, 2015

Get the experience and leave. Building a career here is unlikely.

Technical support engineer ii

Recommend

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Pros

- Comfortable facilities/canteen. - Comfortable work area - Opportunities to improve technical skills. - Good on CV. Lots of job offer from perspective employers. - Good team spirit.

Cons

-Workload too high. -Call center environment. -Weak documentation -Poor training given by people never have used the products. -Too focused on stats. -General dishonesty by senior management, including false promises of development. -Have to pay for company events Xmas party etc.

1.0

Oct 25, 2014

Do not join this place if you care about being in job for more than 6 months

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning and lots of people to guide you

Cons

My whole team including me were laid off without any prior intimation. Some folks had just joined a few months back and they were also laid off. The reason given was that it is a management reason. Why would they need to hire if they need to lay us off? The company does not care about its employees. No internal transfer or other opportunities were provided.

2.0

Jun 12, 2014

Watch your back. Take what you can then leave.

Varied

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some good experience. Great, talented people to work with. Emerging market. Decent product.

Cons

You are just a number after you are hired. Find a way to set yourself apart, or hide in the crowd. (Those are your two choices.) Whatever you do, don't turn 30 or older, pi r be experienced. They want programmable robots without families they can work without paying. Criticize at your own peril. If you are reassigned after hire into a role you didn't ask for, then micromanagement starts. You have less than 8 wks as they set things up to fire you. Have fun.

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