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 965 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 930 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 405 reviews)); "Good salaries even if there is a lot of difference in the same role: the suggestions is to negotiate very well at the beginning!" ((in 383 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 236 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 137 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 59 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 50 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

(10,838 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 10,838 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

1.0

Oct 9, 2012

Emerging Products Division isn’t always the door into the Core

Sales representative

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CEO approval

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Pros

VMware does look good on a resume.

Cons

See below under advice to management.

4.0

Sep 19, 2012

I my experience has been bitter sweet; I work with awesome people, but the culture is slowly dying.

Senior technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- The people are by far the kindest and most competent people I have ever worked with. - The training is awesome. - Free snacks and meals. - Tuition reimbursement. - Looks good on a resume.

Cons

- The pay is not industry standard. - The culture is dying and nobody that can do something about it will. - The work load is immense. - Staffing feels like we are always 20-30 people short. - Management is starting to get "Micro Micromanagey" - No career path. - No set salary ranges. Someone with little/no skills can start work today as a TSE Level 1 and be making more than someone that has been there for 3-5 years and is a Level 3.

2.0

Dec 27, 2011

VMware has great PR and pays well, but internally you will find no career growth nor respect.

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits package is good. Pay scale is good. Base plus options (now RSUs), bonus package depending on role. Campus is beautiful. Work with brilliant people. This point is reducing on a daily basis however as people leave.

Cons

Employee satisfaction is very poor and the company is exhibiting zero concern about it. Career growth or progress is extremely slow, and in many cases, simply does not exist. Career equity and promotions vary by a huge margin among teams and business units. The best people are leaving in droves. They are being replaced with warm bodies, or not replaced at all. Many managers are simply not qualified to be in their roles. Employees are not challenged to excel, and those that do excel are given zero recognition or even thanks.

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