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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 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 10,839 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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2.0
Aug 9, 2015

Unprofessional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

VMware Decent benefits Free coffee and tea in the break room

Cons

AirWatch has an extremely young and inexperienced management team. There is no leadership or professionalism. They have no clue how to manage so they resort to micromanagement. We are constantly monitored for work hours, activities, etc. The work environment is hostile and unprofessional. It is apparent they do not believe in retaining talent. You cannot attract and retain the right talent by micromanaging!! I have never seen managers this unprofessional. There is a high turnover. Since people are quitting left and right, we are left with ridiculously heavy workload and they refuse to hire more employees to distribute the workload. Despite the heavy workload, Airwatch pays extremely low salaries that are far below the market. There are too many changes that are ineffective. We have something new everyday. VMware needs to step in immediately to improve the work environment by replacing the management and set policies to make Airwatch a decent company.

3.0
Aug 5, 2014

EUC Management Team Problematic, Avoid at ALL COST

Anonymous employee
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Pros

VMware as a company is great. Superb innovations from most corners of the company. The engineers are super smart. The campus has been fully updated and it is beautiful. The company is incredibly environmentally conscious, this is great!!

Cons

The EUC management team continues to be not up to par. There are several VPs who should be fired immediately for the following reasons: 1. Frequent and regular deceptive practices and lying to employees 2. Unbelievably blatant cronyism favoring certain employees 3. Lack of market understanding. Still completely clueless about why the competition is leading 4. Sabotage employees career growth because of self insecurity 5. Absolutely no accountability on performances Therefore, strongly recommend that you do not join the EUC business unit at all cost until they once again clean house.

2.0
Jun 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

A GREAT deal is expected of the employees and while this is exhausting, it also leads to great professional skills growth. If you can survive at AirWatch, you can thrive anywhere else. While at AirWatch I had the opportunity to work with some of the brightest, most creative and hardworking people I've ever known. Also, the product is good, adequate training is available and the office is conveniently located. Finally, the company knows how to throw a party! Seriously, the Christmas party and other celebrations should NOT be missed.

Cons

I saw the company grow from a start-up through the acquisition by VMWare. After 2 years, I had to leave or risk my psychological health. While there are a great number of "cons" (which I will list below) they all stem from the philosophy that intimidation, condescension and verbal abuse are the foundation of a Leadership strategy. AirWatch has some of the brightest minds in Atlanta working under their logo, however the employees are consistently told that their contributions are irrelevant to the business and leadership. The attitude that any employee, regardless of historical performance, could be easily replaced by a trained circus animal, tomorrow...stems from the top. Middle management tries to shield their employees from this hostility when possible, but if they want to keep their jobs the message must be delivered regularly. Cons - 1. No work life balance. 2. Financial compensation well below industry standard 3. The benefit package (PTO, insurance, 401k) is a bad joke 4. Increased responsibility is "awarded" but never accompanied by a base pay raise. 5. Travel is required over weekends and holidays 6. Business changes are instituted without necessary consideration of consequences 7. Unprofessional management communication is common (yelling, condescension, dismissal of employees needs/concerns) 8. The "Open office" concept is taken to the extreme. 9. VERY few women in leadership positions

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