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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,833 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 10,833 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 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the top engineering talent is still there Few teams have challenging work Excellent senior management - so the company is in good hands and will keep doing well financially Overall benefits are good Helps build a strong resume Can get by working for 4 hours a day (and responding to emails)

Cons

Inept, non-technical, political middle management that lacks genuine ambition Boundaries, jealousy, hatred, and hostility among teams and organizations No room for career growth, unless you suck up to the right people in your organization Inefficient processes/systems and arcane style of working Pay is ordinary (now that stock options have vested.) HR is by far the most incompetent that I have ever seen Quality of work is going down

1.0
Jul 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Nice headquarters campus with free snacks/beverages + Still some very smart people trying to battle it out + Exciting vision, building upon a winning flagship product

Cons

- Top leadership team is not cohesive and they have each brought in their own cronies from past companies - Top leaders are not held accountable -- if there is bad news, they scapegoat someone and don't take any responsibility for their own actions - Too many acquisitions that employees do not understand and that are not well integrated into the main company - Employees are not allowed to make decisions - There is a premium on moving fast and executing, but no time is spent on planning so people move in different directions and decisions change daily - There is a lot of backstabbing and power grabs, especially by withholding information - There is generally a lot of mistrust between teams, groups and orgs

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