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I don't recognise the company everybody else is talking about - Tech Support Engineer VMware Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2022
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Pros

I'm happy for the people who've left enough positive reviews for VMware to win a UK Glassdoor award this year, but I guarantee you that none of them work in support.

Cons

In support we get treated like absolute dirt. The management has spent the last 2-3 years pushing people into working 12-14 hour days, and then using the productivity of the people who do so as a stick to beat everybody else with. KPIs are set which are literally impossible to meet without devoting every waking minute to the job, and if they aren't met, you need to justify why you would dare to have a family, hobbies, or a healthy sleep schedule. Training on the product is extremely minimal, assuming you have time to actually do it (we don't). There are no avenues to ask for help if you're struggling, either in a technical sense or a personal sense. There is absolutely zero collaboration between agents or departments, unless you're lucky enough to be able to ask a personal friend (which obviously means that anybody acting as a potential escalation point is constantly playing favourites, and will almost certainly just ignore you if you've never been out drinking with them). Multiple people have been signed off long-term because the job has destroyed their health, and many more have simply walked away from the company. None of those positions have been backfilled; their work is simply piled up onto people who can't cope with what they already have, until they break down too. Customers regularly complain about the poor service they're getting, but management never step in to address these complaints, either internally or with the customer directly. It could not be more obvious that the company simply doesn't care about us.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2019
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Pros

VMware is a big company but in many ways had a startup vibe. That was great because the resources and infrastructure of a big company were there, but it gave most people I worked with freedom to work on many projects, influence, move around, and contribute in many ways. Plus, many things moved faster than they might at other companies of the same size. Perks were really great including bonuses, events on the campus, opportunities, etc.

Cons

The biggest con is the annual layoff. During most of the years I was there, we were growing like crazy, beating expectations, gaining in stock price, etc. It was always positive and upward. However, every single January, it was known that there would be a round of layoffs, even when all numbers were looking great as they almost always were. Management called it restructuring. But, over the years, some really good people were let go for no apparent reason. Then to add insult to injury, a week or two later, there would be a company quarterly meeting discussing how VMware was doing so well and is still hiring, but they had to make some changes. It always felt dishonest and the sympathy for those let go came across as disingenuous.

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