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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

VMware has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,839 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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1.0
Sep 14, 2015
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Pros

As a consultant, you get to work with big name companies and travel. Some co workers are great mentors. Others spend more time in the break room than on the phone with their clients.

Cons

If you are promoted internally, they try to convince you its a horizontal move. Regardless if your previous duties required no travel and much less responsibilities. I made the same solving 30 support cases a week from any company that could have as little as 25 devices, to traveling onsite to fortune 500 companies being the face of Airwatch. When it was review time, management threw every excuse in the book to not pay a cent more. They blamed the VMware acquisition and that the company didn't have the money. I spent 2 weeks in support, in 5 months in consulting and was being held at a salary less than 20k less than the average. Only stay if you have a high base salary, other wise, you will constantly be fighting an uphill battle. Younger kids fresh out of college are given basically whatever they ask for, so be sure to ask for high.

2.0
Jul 27, 2015

Sales Operations Analyst

Anonymous employee
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Pros

PTO and sick days, free coffee. Average Health insurance, dental and vision. Acquired by a good company. Location is busy but a lot surrounding it.

Cons

I currently work at Airwatch and feel disrespected everyday. The processes are not in place and everything is disorganized. My manager doesn't even speak to me. This is the most unprofessional company I have worked at. Favoritism is very apparent, no equal opportunities. HR does not do their job and handle situations like they should, they are concerned with covering for the companies malpractices. If you have an issue it's almost like burden to talk to HR or any management as a matter of fact. No career growth with call center wages. The annual raise is an insulting joke! VMware needs to know! A company like this could take them down the drain with all the HR violations I see on a daily bases. Don't believe all the fake good reviews being wrote by the company HR department. If you plan on having a long successful career with a company do not choose this one. Do yourself a favor! Don't invest your time because you will get zero recognition and pennies for a raise. This department pays well under market value for a Sales Operations Analyst. People are quitting left and right, turn over is HIGH!

2.0
Apr 12, 2015
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Pros

Good domain Good future for the company VMware bringing in lot of expertise and brand equity

Cons

Quality of hiring in engineering has to improve Make sure your hires actually know how to code before getting them on-board Hiring and firing immediately in 3 months is not sustainable. Shows engineering leadership in poor light, it's NOT a candidate's fault if we "hired" them. Because it's OUR job to recognize talent, not the candidate's. Most of your senior people are evangelists - Security evangelist, UX evangelist, 'Microservices' evangelist - where are your developers?

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