Is VMware a good company to work for as a Senior Engineering Manager?

Senior Engineering Manager professionals working at VMware have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 20 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of VMware employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Engineering Manager Jobs at VMware now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Engineering Manager interview questions at VMware .

Does VMware pay Senior Engineering Manager employees well?

Senior Engineering Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at VMware with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 20 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Engineering Manager salaries at VMware.

How happy are Senior Engineering Manager professionals working at VMware?

82% of Senior Engineering Manager employees at VMware would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 1% in the past 12 months. Senior Engineering Manager professionals have also rated VMware with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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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 970 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 936 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 749 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 420 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 380 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 415 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 241 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 71 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 65 reviews))

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4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

52% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Senior Engineering Manager employees have rated VMware with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Engineering Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. VMware is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Engineering Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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20 reviews

4.0

Feb 28, 2022

Nice place to work for real

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely campus, really nice collaborative environment.

Cons

People use VMware as a stepping stone to FAANG

4.0

Feb 17, 2022

Slack Oriented

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and good work/life balance.

Cons

The culture could be better. There's very few spaces for innovation and product decisions are always top-down.

4.0

Sep 18, 2021

Great Company

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very competitive compensation, great culture, and high tech and innovative company!

Cons

Too much hierarchy and bureaucracy for releasing products to the market which cause delay on time to market.

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