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 979 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 923 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 755 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 420 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((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 238 reviews)); "Annual layoffs at the beginning of each year leave you uneasy wondering if you will have a job." ((in 138 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 60 reviews)); "abusive managers ; favoritism ; expectations are you work till you drop." ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about VMware layoffs in 2026?

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.

VMware reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,832 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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

4.0

Feb 20, 2016

When Elephants Dance

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting challenging work on leading edge technology. Great, flexible working environment and middle managers. Terrific people, pay and benefits. Day to day, VMware is a really good place to work.

Cons

The impending Dell acquisition of VMware's parent company, EMC, means it's now time to begin cutting costs, as many of us expected. The risk is this will play out over many months, undermining confidence that projects and jobs are safe. All negative ratings below are based on the uncertainty created by this deal.

3.0

Feb 17, 2016

Could be better

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work environment is ok. Free food

Cons

People getting fired around you

1.0

Feb 15, 2016

Senior Software Engineer - R&D

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free AC Cabs, thats all

Cons

Very bad hikes. Hikes are given here like they throw a Parle G biscuit to a street dog. Me being a developer here, my salary is way below market standards. And there is no salary standards here in Airwatch. Freshers salary is equal to my salary here. Depending upon how much show off you do and how good a boot licker you are, you will get hikes depending upon that. If you go to talk to your managers about your salary, they will send you back saying we will see in the next hike cycle. Higher management are a bunch of liars. And work from home option only to selected people and not for everyone. I advice you not to join here, if at all you want to join, negotiate very hard during interview for the salary, because later hikes are horrible.

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