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 (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , 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 1001 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 930 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 771 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 431 reviews)); "Package for an intern is great: good salary and many activities organized for interns during the summer." ((in 382 reviews))

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

"This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." ((in 412 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 247 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 67 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 62 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

(10,838 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 10,838 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

4.0

Apr 26, 2008

VMware, a place to start, a place to stay!!!

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It is a fast grwoing feild that is a good place to be now. The company overall is very friendly and is overly concerned with keeping its employees happy. As a Consultant at the company I am customer facing and help to enxure that the VMware products live up to their full potential within a companies infrastructure and it is a good feeling when someone thanks you for helping them save time and money. The feeling from that is worth the hours that need to be kept at times.

Cons

The hours are not always the best, similar to any tech job.

4.0

Apr 26, 2008

VMware shoots.....and scores!

Marketing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

VMware promotes a healthy lifestyle initative which provides employees with healthy snacks and organic food served in the Cafe. VMware also supports an exercise bootcamp program which supports this initative. And most importantly, the opportunities for growth are endless and its great that upper/senior management promotes growth for each individual.

Cons

Because we are growing so fast - sometimes almost too fast - there doesn't seem to be much control throughout the company in the way situations are dealt with and can sometimes lead to caos.

5.0

Feb 26, 2008

Dynamic and challenging environment to work in.

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Successful company to work for that is on the way up. It is always fun to work for a company were success within company is limited by skills or abilities that I can perform.

Cons

I am very happy with this job at this company, and as a result I can't really give any cons.

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