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VMware Member of Technical Staff Software Engineer reviews

3.0

16% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

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15% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jun 22, 2016
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Pros

Only pros in vmware is competitive pay for the person who dedicates extra working hours and complete weekends.

Cons

No growth in organization who works well during the working hours Engineers and Managers work only for recognition rather than self learning Inefficient Management to handle team, no team spirit. No personal life, planning for a vacation over week-end?,beware you may be asked to join a customer call while you are driving your car. If denied, growth impacted. No proper planning of your work, because you will not get a chance to. Your interests will not be considered, whether you like the work or not, you have to work as dictated by your manager. Joining vmware ?, beware that you may be fired without a prior notice and with no genuine reason. Frequent organization changes resulting in firings, it is quite common that firings happens 2 times a year.

3.0
Jul 22, 2015
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Pros

Work-from-home Work life balance and PTO depends entirely on your manager. Access to lots of training Turtles

Cons

Average salary, average benefits. 50-60 hours a week, weekends and holidays when projects are due. ~1-2% yearly raises, no promotions, no equity after hiring. Laysoffs every 9-12 months focusing on highest salaried employees. Constant management churn. Expect a new manager and VP every year and a new reporting group every other year. Training must be done on your own time.

4.0
Jun 9, 2015
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Pros

Great people. Intelligent, humorous, fun to hang out with. Weekly happy hour. Great salary, great benefits. Employees encouraged to give back to community. Easygoing managers, at least mine was great. No Accrued Vacation - don't know whether to love it or hate it.

Cons

Influence of EMC is present, and starting to shape the company. VMware appears to be past the line of build/buy - instead of creating products of their own making, they are rich enough to buy whole companies. This stifles internal innovation, just like EMC does.

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