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 983 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 948 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 761 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 411 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 367 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 414 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 248 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 135 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 58 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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VMware reviews

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

2.0

Jan 9, 2010

Good technology, really confused and bad management.

Member of technical staff

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good technology - Great products - Competent colleagues

Cons

- Too much management - Lack of clear vision from management - Too many layers of managers - Boot licking at its best after reorganization.

3.0

Jan 7, 2010

Bullish on company's technology, bearish on leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting "game-changing" technology; leader in its market space; great customers; beautiful campus; many of the low to mid-level people are solid

Cons

Company decisions come from "technologists" or product marketing; has not developed an infratructure (systems) to support growth; upper management lacks a sense of empathy re: customer and employee pain; big gap between technology vision/roadmap and what customers are doing/wanting; new regime is making sweeping changes that don't seem to support a strategy for top line growth (focused on margin; acquiring companies that don't produce immediate revenue impact)

4.0

Jan 7, 2010

Management by intuition?

Qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Cool technologies - at least back in the days - Flexible and free working environment, hours etc. - Great colleagues - Good internal email communication within team and department

Cons

- A senior management with lack of focus, seemingly driven by individuals intuition - or something. - Very little responsiveness in management for input from workers

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