VMware reviews

- High turnover right now with many people leaving for more pay and less stressful work (which is caused by people leaving. Creates a vicious cycle of people leave, we have trouble hiring, work gets distributed to team, someone gets burned out and leaves for a better opportunity, repeat) - Decreasing WLB due to added work - More pressure on the business leaders which then gets passed on to technical leaders and teams - Decent pay, but honestly with low stock performance, many are leaving to pursue more lucrative offers. Many peers are leaving for 1.5x - 2.0x TC - CEO does not inspire confidence post DELL spin off - WLB previously was good, but early morning and late night calls can be killer over time.

The company's strengths, in terms of compensation, are its greatest weaknesses. Employees from acquired companies come in at high ranks and salaries, but that puts them at risk for layoff and layoffs happen at VMware every year without fail. The team members I worked with were all a couple of levels below the rest of us so the benefit-cost ratio for the company was far better for them than it was for us. Many of us felt doomed from the start.