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 1181 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 984 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 953 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 750 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 410 reviews))

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

"There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 233 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 139 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 65 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 47 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

May 16, 2011

Great Company if you work for the major products

Professional services consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Professional Services offers bonus increases depending on your quarterly billable hours, quickly accelerating PTO, 5 additional days off to do community service

Cons

If you're not working on the major VMware products, or if you're not in the HQ offices, you can feel detached

2.0

May 15, 2011

I would like to have liked VMware; it seems like it would have been a great place to work just a few years ago.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Company has an impressive and distinguished history - Core technologies and many of the people who work on them are very impressive - Good benefits.

Cons

- Lots of very poor middle management. - A questionable tier of executive management lies between the CEO and the rest of the company. - Many ill conceived, floundering junk projects. - Outside the core cash cow businesses, other initiatives are often questionable either technically, or from a business standpoint, or both. - Engineering morale is poor in many groups and seems to be continuing to deteriorate. - Worrisome attrition in multiple parts of the company. - Salaries compare poorly with those of peer companies.

3.0

May 15, 2011

Good experience to sell nice products despite a non real strategy provided by the management

Inside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good products - Good technology - Good balance between work and social life - Good sales and corporate teams

Cons

- A company build by engineers for engineers - No real commercial presentation to target the customers - No real strategy provided by the management

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