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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 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 10,839 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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2.0
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Leader in virtualization which is a hot topic

Cons

Arrogant management Bad work culture - Not very responsive management when it comes to responding to employee needs Bad communication practices - major decisions are not communicated effectively to engineering marketing is not doing its job of pushing products product managers have no clue what customer pain points are sales over promise and customers complain a lot about the products to support High end functionality is not working in most accounts parteners complain a lot no technical support given to partners like networking, storage companies chaotic environment in the company too much money spent of decorations pay is less competitive and now that stock is dead, its not very attractive

3.0
Nov 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is better than average and benefits are generally OK. Company is still growing even in harsh economic climate. Products are great and company from an R&D perspective is still being innovative. Long term still looks good.

Cons

Big company still acting like a start-up. Too many silos. Too much "reactive" behavior (not enough "proactive" planning). Not enough career development opportunities. Work-load does not seem to be well balanced - some dedicated people are killing themselves while others get away with doing the bare minimum.

4.0
Nov 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chance to work on something that changes the world of computing. Very family oriented - we just had a Halloween Party where tons of kids came out and had a great time. Great campus. Building a new gym facility. Give us 10 days of sick leave *in addition* to vacation is fantastic. $250 matching on FSA. 401k matching. Smart people who also want to change the world.

Cons

We have a big bull's eye on our back with MSFT and a lot of other players gunning after us.

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