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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,833 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jan 21, 2015

Behind the times

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A few talented people, generally flexible hours, pretty campus, generous ESPP and 401k matching.

Cons

Politics. Horrendously clueless upper management. Rewards for politics, layoffs for hard work. Rare promotions for qualified contributors, regular promotions for rear-kissers. Hopeless levels of recognition. Terrible disrespect for work-life balance and employees' time in general.

1.0
Jan 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I met some real genuine people, particularly engineers. Great respect for my team members and the guys I worked with daily.

Cons

Poor Management to say the least they treat people really poorly, Senior Management are reactive and don't care about anything except protecting their own jobs, afraid to speak up and many running around rubbing shoulders and ego petting. Not a natural leader among the pack.

3.0
Nov 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IPO stock options given were very generous. There were a lot of good people at the company who really believed in the products and culture. They had a shuttle bus service and free meals for a while, but all of that ended.

Cons

Subsequent stock offerings were laughable. compared to management compensation. Time-off policy was good, but manager would black out the majority of the year, preventing me from taking time off (subsequently, I found out this was illegal). Advancements in your career are considered lateral moves by management, and although you are taking on much larger workloads, your pay does not increase. I actually had a manager say "Be happy you have a job." Wow, that is encouraging! Management was extremely top heavy, with not enough staff to handle the day-to-day business needs.

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