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 980 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 956 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 758 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 429 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 375 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)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 137 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 51 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.

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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

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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

Sep 4, 2016

A decent place to make a career for yourself

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, Transport, Office Building

Cons

Pay scale, Immature senior management, Company culture is not conducive for creativity, Ancient ways of working

1.0

Aug 22, 2016

Client Executive

Client executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful Campus. vSphere is a market leader.

Cons

Really bad management - the worst that I have ever seen in my 20 year career. RDs do not care about you, the customer, the obstacles faced.All that they care about is the roll up of a number. They be-rate you, and bully you into committing to a number with zero assistance with the sales motion. My team was subjected to horrendous verbal abuse on a daily basis, but yet my boss was non existent in the field.

3.0

Jul 1, 2016

Good Company, People and Experience...Bad Work Life Balance

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good people and some managers Experience with complex sales cycles Good company parties Business Casual Attire

Cons

Some Micromanagers especially at the higher levels Lots of trainings and meetings that take up your day Fearful of coming in after 8:30 and leaving before 6 Bad work/life balance they seemed to not care you are a person outside of work No work from home policy

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