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 (458) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (245) , 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?

"The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 990 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 946 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 768 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 428 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 382 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 247 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 143 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 64 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 47 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

(10,832 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 10,832 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

4.0

Apr 17, 2012

Overall a great place to work

Software quality assurance engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits Smart people Good work environment High tech Good Reputation

Cons

Slow career advancement frequent change in company strategy multiple layers of Management

4.0

Apr 16, 2012

Good place to work

Senior member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to learn and work with technology. VMware has products/components across multiple areas - storage, network, compute/memory to name a few and also many new cloud related products - cloudfoundry for example.

Cons

Processes like reviews and promotions are becoming more rigid and bureaucratic as company is getting bigger. Also as the company gets bigger, it is harder to keep track of the various different products and understand how they all come together. It is also getting harder to change teams.

3.0

Apr 16, 2012

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Innovative technology, booming region, customers not very skilled

Cons

Small team and not enough processes in place

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