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 936 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 749 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 420 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 380 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 415 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 241 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 71 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 65 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.

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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

Sep 24, 2012

Hate the managers, their performance kills the people that like the technical work.

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, interresting work. good office space.

Cons

looks like family business in management, unprofessional managers, driving it like call center

3.0

Sep 20, 2012

A interestinf journey

Senior alliance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cool tech, new paradigm, fast growing, cool to be part of

Cons

no local authority, quite a bit to hihg thinkning of vmware kind of thinkning that people would beg to work.

2.0

Sep 19, 2012

All the money and snacks in the world can't buy a soul, VMware; so stop trying.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice campus, healthy free snacks and green work environment. Decent pay. Good for college graduates or people who otherwise don't mind setting up a bed in the office to sleep in when demanded. Your happiness will depend on the team you are on. There are good teams and projects if you are lucky enough to be part of one.

Cons

Lack of vision, strategy and mediocre as well as insecure management starting at the top creates a soul sucking, negative environment. They are so busy micromanaging and nit-picking that they have no time left to do their own jobs of establishing clear leadership and direction. Your time and efforts will be both wasted and unappreciated due to lack of planning and a general not giving a crap about you or your health.

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