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 1015 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 939 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 766 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 412 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 383 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 246 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 58 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 50 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.

VMware reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,832 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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

3.0

Jan 11, 2012

Not the place it used to be.

Staff systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Recognition of VMware as a company/brand. Great technology.

Cons

Big company mentality creaping in. Lots more politics than before.

5.0

Dec 8, 2011

Enjoyable people and fun work.

Senior technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is excellent. When my day is over no one expects me to answer a phone call or reply to an email. VMware GSS hires mainly by cultureand as such we have a great team of people to work with. Compensation is fair and the benefits are great.

Cons

I work from 10 - 7 PM - would like more classic hours. It has not always been clear regarding what needs to be done to move up the career ladder here. We are busy!

3.0

Dec 3, 2011

Not too good not too bad

Qa engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No.1 of Cloud and Virtualization

Cons

Promotion and others are not equal

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