VMware reviews

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.

I've been gone almost 2 years, but I have seen an exodus of highly qualified, valuable employees leaving since that time. Some were voluntary, but many were shown the door in an unofficial reorg that seemed to create jobs for the friends of newer management. Reorg/layoff, from what I hear, was completely illegal in that it was not announced publicly. People still employed there seem to be at the lowest point, morale-wise. So sad, it used to be a promising place to work.