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 970 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 946 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 753 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 421 reviews)); "Package for an intern is great: good salary and many activities organized for interns during the summer." ((in 371 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 417 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 239 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 63 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

4.0

Nov 6, 2014

Perfect place to learn and nice people

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

open company but keep academic tradition. the code review process can really gets you through a coding guru while keeping good relationship across the team.

Cons

dealing the relationships among teams is really a pain.

3.0

Nov 6, 2014

Steady company.

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are smart - at least the engineers. Also enthusiastic, especially with the new hires. Problems are complex and challenging. Culture of innovation. Good benefits, nothing outstanding especially for the valley. Not bad though. Fringe benefits include free concerts, celebrity talks, Friday beers, donation matching.

Cons

Definitely going through growing pains. Siloes in the organization means different interpretations of company goals and vision. Cross-organization communication and execution could be improved. Almost too many new people and lots of old timers leaving or left, taking their intellectual property/knowledge.

5.0

Nov 6, 2014

IT Manager

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have space to do the thing I like.

Cons

It's a nice place to stay, and study new technology.

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