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      VMware

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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (10,838 total reviews)
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      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 10,838 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
      Dec 31, 2008

      Time to operate like a real company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Technology produced by this company is cutting edge and impressive

      Cons

      Unqualified people working on critical projects without prior experience or credentials. Too many amateurs "trying". Other departments do not share the same enthusiasm and dedication compared to Engineering. Too many 9-to-5 employees who do not have the heart for their position.

      4.0
      Dec 31, 2008

      Vmware Review

      Senior systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company has innovative technology with a tenancity to win. Most everyone we meet wants to hear about the technology and how they can deploy it. It's fun to represent the company with it's amazing growth.

      Cons

      Tons of movement within the company means that it's difficult to know who is who since it's so dynamic.

      2.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Management is lacking, but engineers and perks are good.

      Member of technical staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Perks are on par, if not better than most companies in Silicon Valley. Location of the main office in Palo Alto is wonderful and provides opportunities to exercise outdoors. Many coworkers organize activities including running, soccer, basketball, ultimate frisbee, and "bootcamp". VMware has one of the best technical staff I've worked with- they have to be by nature of the products that VMware develops. If you are into low level systems, I would wager there is no better place to work.

      Cons

      VMware is in dire need of good management having wasted years while waiting for Microsoft to create a virtualization product. Marketing could be better as everyone has heard of Microsoft's products, but not VMware's. For the engineers, the infrastructure leaves much to be desired. Automated testing is lacking, and manual QA is scattered throughout the world. A lot of time is wasted trying to track down issues with someone who is 12 hours ahead you leading to week long e-mail exchanges. Management seems to care more about counting beans than getting resources that engineers need to effectively do their job. Politics leading to changing requirements on top of poor communication leads to projects being late, scrapped, or rewritten unnecessarily.

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