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 977 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 947 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 745 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 402 reviews)); "Good salaries even if there is a lot of difference in the same role: the suggestions is to negotiate very well at the beginning!" ((in 387 reviews))

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

"There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 241 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 60 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 49 reviews))

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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

(10,833 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 10,833 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

Sep 29, 2010

Good RSU

Qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

--Good RSU option -- Free snacks

Cons

-- Execution center -- No career growth

2.0

Sep 25, 2010

Time is running out to fix morale and employee satisfaction

Senior marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great reputation - Great products - Great customer and customer satisfaction - Some small pockets of great co-workers and leaders

Cons

- Recent employee survey showed overall confidence and trust in management to be low... and no changes of 'significance' have been made. - Employees feel the talk about career paths is lip service when sub-performers get promoted - Most 'Directors' and 'Senior Directors' are just "managers" who are resting and vesting. Need real leaders in those roles. - Playing around with yearly review and salary cycles to prevent paying out salaries. Went from Dec '09 to June'10- so 18 months even though the company grew and posted record profits. - Regardless of promotions, no salary or equity increases. - Senior directors/execs who are incompetent and commit fire-able actions (ie. get drunk at the Christmas party) still remain and are rewarded instead of reprimanded.

4.0

Sep 16, 2010

Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of challenges, yours for the taking. Still rapidly growing and major opportunities for upward mobility. Realignment of executive management in past year has really helped to steer the ship on a renewed course for success.

Cons

Staff not evenly distributed between work groups. Some teams seem to have tons of people, while others seem woefully understaffed. Can be political at times.

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