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 1015 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 939 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 766 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 412 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 383 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 246 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 58 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 50 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

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

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

Oct 17, 2011

good experience

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* talent people * good work-life balance * reasonable pay * interesting project

Cons

* lack of vision how far it will grow in the future

4.0

Oct 15, 2011

Comfortable Work Environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The environment is very casual with t-shirts, shorts, and "flip-flops" being very common. Everyone there is highly knowledgeable with different strengths. Very collaborative. Good benefits (not the best I've had). Free snacks and drinks for employees with Friday afternoons usually catered. No micro management.

Cons

Customers can be very demanding and stress levels can rise quickly. Training is also not as available as it used to be and sometimes it feels like you learn how to "bandage" things. I think this to be a problem of the company's accelerated growth.

2.0

Oct 12, 2011

Going down hill since 2009

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the top engineering talent is still there Few teams have challenging work Excellent senior management - so the company is in good hands and will keep doing well financially Overall benefits are good Helps build a strong resume Can get by working for 4 hours a day (and responding to emails)

Cons

Inept, non-technical, political middle management that lacks genuine ambition Boundaries, jealousy, hatred, and hostility among teams and organizations No room for career growth, unless you suck up to the right people in your organization Inefficient processes/systems and arcane style of working Pay is ordinary (now that stock options have vested.) HR is by far the most incompetent that I have ever seen Quality of work is going down

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