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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,838 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

VMware has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,838 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
Feb 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great place for newcomers to get started in the industry. However. not a place for experience folks from established software companies.

Cons

Engineering, at present, extremely top-heavy. Poor decision making by upper management. Mid-tier management culture - lacks cohesion and collaboration across departments. Heavy feudal mentality - lacks team spirit.

2.0
Feb 1, 2010

disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The perception of working, and having worked for VMware is good for your resume. They have built a nice campus in Palo Alto.

Cons

They grew to fast, and hired too many people with incorrect criteria for the individual's role, and the individual's success. There is a lot of political infighting that has not worked itself out yet, and is a distraction, or specific impediment to accomplishing goals.

4.0
Jan 31, 2010

A good place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

VMware has good pay especially for new grads. It is in a promising field virtualisation, cloud computing. And the benefit is good.

Cons

The management is sometimes not good. Some managers are not friendly, put too much pressure and give little real pointers.

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