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 978 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 942 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 761 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 423 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 381 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 243 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 138 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 71 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 49 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

(10,833 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 10,833 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

Jun 5, 2009

"Great place to work, transition period with changes at the senior management levels has been tough and trying."

Manager

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Pros

Great people working at all levels of the organization. Great technology with a lot of opportunity for success.

Cons

Senior Management has not developed a coherent strategy and the constant changes and re-organizations are difficult

2.0

Apr 8, 2009

Don't know what's happening at the top and hoping for the best.

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with - very intelligent and dedicated. Great technology. It's good to be leader in the field. New campus is nice place to work, very open and bright. Lots of new products being developed. Senior management is doing some things right and cleaning up some departments.

Cons

Lack of transparency with new upper management. Lack of trust. Lack of opportunities for career growth except for few people. Many rumors being circulated because of lack of open communication. Big brother feeling with EMC. EMC is not visible but seems to have a big role in the company.

2.0

Apr 7, 2009

Beware of bad managers - they are everywhere here

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The VMware main campus is beautiful.

Cons

This company is constantly in a state-of-change. Managers come and go all the the time and HR allows people to be managers who can't manage people. People work for people, not companies, and at VMware, you work for the company. VMware has moved from being a start-up to a company run by finance. Citing the macroeconomy, VMware has also recently cut back on employee benefits, however, I find that hard to believe when the company still posts profits quarter after quarter, after quarter...

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