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

(10,832 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 10,832 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

Jun 5, 2014

Politics, politics, politics AND NO work life balance

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

VMware HQ is INCREDIBLE Fantastic benefits Stock Rocks Products do what they are supposed to do

Cons

NEVER ANY downtime It's all about VMware and there is never any consideration given to the employee Sales management is horrible. . .no value selling, just discount by 85% to get it in the door Politics are rampant and you better LOVE EMC or be from there (or, just say you love spinning disks)

4.0

Jun 5, 2014

Work hard and be rewarded.

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Fast paced environment, collaborative colleagues, a nice gym in the building, fun outings/parties. A work environment that appreciates learning and keeping up with technology. Being surrounded by intelligent and engaged co-workers and managers. A diverse workforce. Casual dress code.

Cons

Like working for any corporation, long hours are required to be successful, including after hours/weekends. This is not a company for anyone who isn't hungry to learn and grow personally and professionally.

2.0

May 29, 2014

Poltical Morass

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very generous with benefits and salary. Bonuses are always paid out well above target. The campus is nice. If you are lucky enough to dodge the (many) bad managers, the rest are great.

Cons

It's a kind of working retirement. So many people drag their feet and don't do any work. Everyone estimates their work will take years, then goldbricks the whole time. Most of the management is a mess. Tons of politics, tons of meetings just to be seen, a lot of territorial fights. People who fail are often rewarded. There is no accountability. Surprisingly since VMware is all about improving IT, the internal IT is comedically terrible.

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