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      VMware reviews

      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (10,832 total reviews)
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      Raghu Raghuram

      78% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

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      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
      3.0
      Jan 21, 2010

      Good Products, Not so good leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good technology - Great products - Competent colleagues

      Cons

      - Lack of clear vision and communications from management - Lack of overall awareness on how business teams should work together - Work for you Boss only not the company - Don't know who is really in charge - Too many re-orgs - Too much management not leaders

      3.0
      Dec 6, 2009

      Things are getting back on track

      Senior member of technical staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      VMware has been through highs and lows. I believe that the peak of this company was before it went public. Things went downhill from there till the old execs were fired. With the new management coming in from Microsoft, the company has transformed from a "cool" carefree environment with competent engineers to a hardcore business where you are a cog in the wheel of a successful corporation. You decide which one you like better.

      Cons

      You are a cog in the wheel no matter what your accomplishments were in the past. Unfortunately senior management (which is fairly new) doesn't know the history.

      2.0
      Nov 10, 2009

      A great company going astray

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      VMware has incredible technology, and incredible market vision. There are great people in all the various parts of the organization and when things work, communication is incredible and things get done.

      Cons

      Executive management seems to think that culture is just contained in the core developers. They are systematically cutting anything that is not a core engienering roll and either off shoring or doing without. It is leaving behind a fragile eco-system that is waiting for the shoe to drop and cutting off innovation. The way in which their silent lay offs have occurred have been rife with politics. Your job security isn't about how good you are, but about who you are buddied up with.

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