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 990 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 947 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 774 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 407 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 379 reviews))

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

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 423 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 247 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 137 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 reviews))

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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

(10,839 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 10,839 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

Jan 6, 2010

Hoping to return

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at VMware and hope to return in the immediate future. I found the management open, respectful and supportive and loved the flexible work schedule and the emphasis on work/life balance. It is hard not to love being part a company leading the industry in revolutionary technology.

Cons

It's a young company, still struggling with efficient and consistant processes and meaningful, standard metrics. Despite the stated policy of trying to move positions out of HQ to save costs, there seems to be a great deal of resistance to doing that within the traditional corporate departments.

1.0

Jan 6, 2010

It is less important to be good now, it is more important to be part of the right team

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting and innovative technology - fast growth market - customers ask for product

Cons

New policy is to change many people because they were here before and the new people wants to bring in their team. This is demotivating. There is lot of energy spent internally to look good to management instead of working to help customers. When I joined, it was not like this. The aspects of team spirit seem to be gone now and each person is trying to keep their job more than anything else.

4.0

Dec 28, 2009

Good experience

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are many brilliant people at VMware who have done wonderful things; this gives a great opportunity to understand and learn good system building.

Cons

The company is already too big, so the potential for growth is not too much. One would have to be at the right place at the right time to make a significant impact on the company.

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