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?

"Incredible culture and great at building work" ((in 1175 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 972 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 945 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 767 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 422 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 413 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 242 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 142 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 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

(10,839 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

3.0

Oct 7, 2009

Still a great company, but it used to be better.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Pros: * You will work with the bleeding edge technology (if you are lucky and find the right group) * You have a chance of making a significant impact on the way things are done in IT departments around the world. * The compensation is decent, but not spectacular. * The pressure to deliver is not very high, although VMW is by no means a free ride.

Cons

The company has become very big. It's hard to get noticed, even if you are good. Corporate politics is playing an ever increasing role.

1.0

Oct 7, 2009

Not as great as it seems from outside

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Virtualization is the growth industry in this economy, VMware has most mature product and most customers, has technology lead

Cons

Ad-hoc work style - lack of planning, always in firefighting mode - actually take pride in number of unread emails and late night email replies, manage up and don't care about others, forget work-life balance, most mid-management got promoted that way and lack real technology or field experience

2.0

Oct 7, 2009

Good technology, good pay, bad management

Qa engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge technology (literally)+ good Salary+benefits

Cons

Bad management, micro micro micro management, loss of personal life, loss of health, frustrated wife ;)

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