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.

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

1.0

Apr 14, 2016

Interesting times

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is in line with the market

Cons

100% Sales lead. Anything to make a sale while those that have to implement what was sold are often left in a very difficult position

2.0

Mar 20, 2016

Once promising now heading towards abyss

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good money Good benefits Good locations Availibility of abundant talent but lacks utilising them

Cons

Absurd politics No direction Upper level management is clueless Absurd outdates engineers who doesn't know anything about coding but still there on senior level as they were inherited from mergers and team consolidations.

4.0

Mar 8, 2016

Competitive pay, Great technology and IP value, Equity growth is a concern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay Great technology and IP value Working on cutting edge, relatively newer tech

Cons

- Equity has taken a dump due to Dell EMC merger - In silicon valley, equity growth is a must aspect of any job

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