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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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4.0
Jun 23, 2008
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Pros

Overall, the culture is one of co-operation. Certainly, within teams everyone helps each other. Most people I meet are friendly. Working for a growing, profitable company means good bonuses and hope that stock options will remain valuable.

Cons

While most people are friendly, there are a number of engineers that don't know how to communicate. Yes, this is true in many companies, however the ones I'm thinking of are in highly senior positions. They may be right most of the time in their judgements, but how they express themselves can make the work place feel hostile. The fast growth and slow learning (the products are complex) can make for a frustrating environment at times. Especially when it's difficult to find someone who knows the origins of some module. The fast growth also brought in some low talent engineers and managers.

3.0
Jun 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

cool products on the market

Cons

american company is diffrent to europeans

5.0
Jun 20, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Working at VMware, you get to make fantastic products and work with lots of smart, competent, helpful, and fun people. I've had lots of opportunities to expand my skills, and I think that VMware will be a good place for my career growth for quite some time to come.

Cons

There's a lack of process and structure in a lot of areas. We've grown very rapidly, and a lot of practices that worked well when we had fewer people don't work as well now. Be prepared for uncertainty and last minute changes on any project you work on. Also be prepared for some last minute scrambles to meet deadlines. Since our IPO, there's been a certain amount of focus on cost-cutting and other measures to keep our stock price up, which could become troubling if carried too far.

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