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?

"Incredible culture and great at building work" ((in 1165 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 974 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 954 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 763 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 428 reviews))

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

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 421 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 243 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 67 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 58 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

3.0

Jul 9, 2012

VMware is a huge software development company where it can be hard not to feel like a cog in the machine.

Senior member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great campus and benefits. There are a lot of really smart people here. Pay was more than adequate. There are a lot of different projects so you can move around to new things.

Cons

This is a really big group of developers and it's hard not to feel overwhelmed by the bureaucracy and complexity of the products and organizations. Be prepared to be re-organized about every 6 months. VMware has some significant growing pains and isn't always effective at using all the talent they've hired. Much of the work is re-active and not pro-active.

3.0

Jul 6, 2012

Growing Fast

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology that customers love.

Cons

Limited career paths, limited access to BUs and management

3.0

Jul 6, 2012

My experience at vmware has been ok.

Qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and benefits. Regular raises and bonus depending on how good a job you do.

Cons

too much bad process, not enough good

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