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 993 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 949 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 758 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 434 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 385 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 414 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 245 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 68 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((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

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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

Aug 26, 2008

Great technology. Stay away from Professional Services.

Professional services

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Pros

Great technology. Nice head quarters. The engineering staff is really talented. The products are generally rock solid. Product managers are generally interested in client feedback.

Cons

Professional Services management is more sales focused than true consulting. Sales numbers and utilization rein supreme over customer satisfaction or personal development. Management is very stingy in certain cases. They will spend $1 million on a sales all hands at a fancy hotel, yet require you to share a room with a co-worker. They also expect travel and meetings on the weekend with no offer for comp time. Managers don't appear to have much work-life balance and they expect the same from employees.

3.0

Aug 20, 2008

This is a very good company that is dealing with the issues that come with rapid growth.

Field marketing

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

This is a company with great technology and some very talented people. I felt proud to represent our product line.

Cons

At times there was a lack of thoughtfulness about why we were doing what we were doing. It is easy to mix up productivity with actual effectiveness -- but the consequences can be unfortunate. The parking situation is also a real pain, although many managers allow employees to work remotely from time to time.

4.0

Aug 16, 2008

looking forward to the future

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

the technology and the dedication of most people

Cons

to see people who got hired due to the hyper growth but don't really add any values to the business

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