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 (458) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (245) , 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 977 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 947 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 745 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 402 reviews)); "Good salaries even if there is a lot of difference in the same role: the suggestions is to negotiate very well at the beginning!" ((in 387 reviews))

What are the cons of working at VMware according to real employee reviews?

"There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 241 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 60 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 49 reviews))

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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

(10,833 total reviews)

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 10,833 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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11K reviews

2.0

Aug 29, 2014

Great Place to Work - if You're Director or Above

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, great technology, beautiful campus, good benefits.

Cons

VPs and Directors are dictatorial and arrogant. Revolving door at the VP level and endless re-orgs - new executives bring their entourages with them. They clog middle management and dilute the culture. If you have ideas, experience, and career ambitions you will be frustrated at VMware. Unless you sit at the Director-level or above, you can't get involved in discussions that affect your future. You will be told what to do - and if you don't like it, you will have to find another job.

2.0

Aug 27, 2014

Tight Company

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, free software, free car park

Cons

Lots of promises, Hard to progress once inside company, Cheap Equipment, 30 mins lunch

1.0

Aug 22, 2014

Don't think of opportunities if your are new to company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

free cab payment is good when you work for phones otherwise it is average but they would love to bag you for free

Cons

No Process policies HR team does not have clue about policies. On asking they will fetch details from atlanta. India Dev team management is getting worse as it is dependent on a single person who REALLY needs soft skill classes. Work from home is just for old employees, if you are just 1 year old to office you will be abused to ask work from home. PTO is a nightmare. you need to sacrifice your personal life. Your team leads are "so called techies" but they are hired because they could bag them for less money not technically brilliant. Don't expect much from them. People are overloaded with work and given no value. Only few are recognized as "go doers". Best of everything, I feel happy to leave this office. felt unfortunate working here.

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