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

Ratings by category

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

5.0

Jun 29, 2016

As third party payroll or on contract base working as Vmware is verymuch secure and no worry about future

Contractor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee friendly company. Culture is verymuch cool. As contractor you can work without any worry and tension. They will make you permanent based on your performance. Lots of facilities for Employees.

Cons

I didn't found any. I found it best for me.

3.0

Jun 28, 2016

Technical Support

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good on boarding. Open door policy with management. Good entry level but be prepared to look elsewhere for career advancement. Immediate coworkers are friendly. Team orienated attitude. Average medical insurance. Benefits like paid holiday and paid sick time. The technology is cool. No harassment from other coworkers.

Cons

Although management has an open door, they don't or can't act on anything to improve the work environment. Workload is high and so is stress among coworkers and teams. Senior engineers are leaving weekly due to the stress. Working weekends is now "expected" on top of a normal 5 day shift and has been like this for little over a year. The teamwork culture is fading as more people are switching to just survive the day attitude. Frequent change of floor managers makes promotion, bonuses and raises difficult.

5.0

Jun 18, 2016

What's with all the hate reviews?

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great office - a lot of thought has been devoted to making the office space comfortable, stimulating and the envy of our partners and friends in other companies. Great location, terrific benefits

Cons

Vmw has brought good and bad things over the last couple of years. A lot depends on which department you work for, especially progression opportunities.

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