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 994 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 941 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 768 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 419 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 377 reviews))

What are the cons of working at VMware according to real employee reviews?

"This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." ((in 414 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 237 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 139 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 62 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).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

4.0

Jan 16, 2015

Leading the industry in Cloud infrastructure

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Innovation and compensation are key reasons to work here. The environment is like a startup, but with a more mature focus.

Cons

Once the only player in the space, now competition is everywhere. Old habits die hard, and ways of doing business in the past are fairly set and this makes being nimble more challenging.

3.0

Jan 16, 2015

Great place to work, and salaries are average

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are great training possibilities, especially when joining company

Cons

Sometime there is a lack of guidance, and the workflow can variate a lot.

4.0

Jan 10, 2015

Good company for experienced

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

compensation ,working culture,technology,great leadership,work-life balance

Cons

Politics in teams,less growth opportunities

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