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 982 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 974 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 751 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 428 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 382 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 247 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 51 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

2.0

Oct 1, 2008

Young inexperienced company good for singles

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Young vibrant culture, eco-friendly, lots of freebies (organic fruits, drinks, etc.)

Cons

Long hours, growing pains, incompetence in various areas

2.0

Sep 11, 2008

Run away train...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a ton of potential as it is the market leader in the virtualization space.

Cons

The stock price has been slipping, the sales quotas are unattainable and the run rate business has been cannibalized buy offering the core product for free.

4.0

Sep 10, 2008

Great company with an opportunity to shape the computing landscape for years to come

senior member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very bright people, especially in R&D. Disruptive technology that has a clear ROI and has become a de facto stardard for Fortune 1000 companies. The company is poised to be able to extend it's domination of server virtualization to the desktop and the cloud - a unique opportunity to shape the computing landscape for years to come. The company is more of an engineering driven, meritocracy than most other companies in the technology sector.

Cons

Marketing has been weak and the company has been slow to react to Microsoft FUD. Although the company is an "independent" company of EMC that is traded on the NYSE, there is still the issue of EMC having a controlling interest (86% of the stock). The Chairman of the Board, Joe Tucci, fired the founding CEO, Diane Green, in July, and the stock has plummeted precipitously.

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