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 (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , 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 993 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 949 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 758 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 434 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 385 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 245 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 68 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 61 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

(10,839 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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 10,839 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

Aug 14, 2008

Not a bad place to work but the thrill is gone

Senior qa engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Pay, flexibility. We have some great engineers.

Cons

Too many hours. No work/life balance. Poor financial execution and subsequent tankage of the stock.

3.0

Aug 7, 2008

It's time for VMware to grow-up and become the company it has the potential to be.

Technical support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

VMware has great products and excellent individual contributors. The company also offers a pretty good benefits package and competitive paid time off.

Cons

The company has really struggled with growth and maturity since the IPO. It currently runs a very loose operations model that causes a fair amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt.

3.0

Aug 7, 2008

It's not all fun and games

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with very smart people is an absolute pleasure. Things move at a quick pace and results are achieved quickly when all the resources are within your control.

Cons

Extremely nerdy culture - even at a Senior Management level - you are expected to be extremely technical. Misalignment amongst the exec team - the exec team runs their respective functions like general managers, with little communication at the next levels. Outwardly a polite culture, but had started to become very politically charged after 2004 - post EMC aquisition mainly due to the growth - folks started to mark out their territories, and were extremely protective of their space and teams. Some of the collaborative culture went away as a result.

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