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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (10,833 total reviews)
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      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
      2.0
      Apr 13, 2010

      No focus, product management is non-existent

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Relaxed work environment, good compensation. Good coworkers, if you find the right team. Exposure to motley crue of technologies.

      Cons

      Mediocre middle management. Lack of focus. The top management has good vision, but it does not reach the bottom layer. The main reason for this is that product management is practically non-existent. There's very little understanding of the importance of true product ownership. Design by committee is everywhere. And politics - no, POLITICS, with all caps - is everywhere.

      2.0
      Apr 12, 2010

      Good name, excellent product, young managers with no vision.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beer bash every Friday, Good name, cutting edge product. Pays above market.

      Cons

      Young managers with no vision. Poor treatment of employees. Cruel and harsh termination process.

      1.0
      Apr 10, 2010

      No meritocracy at VMware.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great products loved by customers and partners. Lots of very skilled and accomplished co-workers. If you've been around since the IPO, the options are nice and still vesting. The physical environment is great, beautiful campus in a good location in Palo Alto. Decent flexibility to tele-commute.

      Cons

      The meritocracy is an absolute joke. But a very un-funny joke. Promotions are very scarce and given for great ass-kissing and power-point skils, not for results. VMware is not a company driven by data and facts. A typical management response to data is to kill the messenger. VMware is still hiring at a fast clip and new people (plus the possy they drag in with them) are given impressive director and VP titles. The people who have been around and built this successful company are not promoted, not rewarded, and seriously underpaid.

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