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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
Jan 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Technology technology technology....you get to work on the latest and niche technology. You have a young and dynamic team members working along with you who love exploring new technologies. People who are passionate about IT and MDM have a great scope here.

Cons

A specific group of people talk in their native language and i can hardly get what they are discussing. And i get a feeling that the better chunk of work is given to the same group as well by the lead(who by the way belongs to the same set). The HR team is of no use here. All the decisions are taken by only 2 people, both being spearheads of technology group. The policies are not so great as far as work life balance is concerned. The work from home concept exists but only to a privileged few. They do encourage people in participating in Hackathons and patent filing and white paper submissions, but its made as a part of your goals rather than a self/team innovation and very much becomes a criteria for your hikes and promotion. They look for a person to be in office and work 24hrs just be given an average rating. After VMware acquisition, thought the policies would be changed, but there were no significant changes to benefit us. All we Indian employees get is to reimburse gym bills and got an upgrade on the referral bonus, no leave policy change(just 15 days of leaves), no so called VMWare employee perks showcased,nor did anyone come and let us know what policies are coming into effect. If someone is merely passionate about work and who is looking for research kind of roles without expecting any employee benefits, this is the right place for you to be the managers fav.

2.0
Nov 20, 2014

OK company - needs a regime change

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Open atmosphere, little micromanagement and flexible hours in R&D. VMware's acquisition is starting to have a somewhat good impac .

Cons

Product Management department is filled with completely inexperienced people from support side. Company does not make money and VMware is now seeing this as well which is now resulting in cutbacks and hiring freezes across different department . They've hired a giant group of freshers straight out of school because they are cheap and they will do as they are told. Same formula was used at Manhattan Associates This is a good plan to capture good market share but horrible for product quality which shows in forms of bugs and hotfixes across all products.

2.0
Oct 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Some great products which sell themselves well. I met some great talent in the business who if managed correctly would be even more productive. There are some positives I found like limited micro management but this I believe also comes down to who your manager is. You can make some good money but this is now reducing year on year. If you are in the US it feels like a very different business. You can move around much more. I liked the US leadership and they do demonstrate some great qualities but these do not make it through to EMEA.

Cons

The core management in the UK have been with the company far too long. You are told you need to be able to deal with change..the only thing that does not change is the management. With this comes little upward mobility unless you are in the "club". If you are not in the "club" your options rapidly become very limited very quickly. However you are made every year to work on a personal development plan...not sure why as there is not no place to go and the only promotions I witnessed tended to be managers being promoted with the odd sales person being promoted only in title i.e. Major or senior. Much of your time will be spent dealing with some unbelievably crazy internal processes which are often manual and for a cloud leader somewhat unbelievable that they exist given the tools on the market today. Your internal admin skills will be welcomed here and I worked with some very good internal admin people...erm I mean sales people, Targets are set every 6 months if your in sales so if you are working on that OTE big deal the likelihood is that your target will be adjusted to accommodate this therefore making hitting you number even more unrealistic. Accounts will be moved up and down and away from you so again be prepared to be irritated here and thats before the US asks for any splits. If you are going for an interview ask about attrition rates in the Enterprise Team and have them demonstrate exactly how many people actually make their quota annually...its not a high %. You will also find the hiring and interviewing process long and tedious especially when compared with their competitors.

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