Is VMware a good company to work for as a Staff Software Engineer?

Staff Software Engineer professionals working at VMware have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 46 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of VMware employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Software Engineer Jobs at VMware now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Software Engineer interview questions at VMware .

Does VMware pay Staff Software Engineer employees well?

Staff Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at VMware with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 46 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Software Engineer salaries at VMware.

How happy are Staff Software Engineer professionals working at VMware?

91% of Staff Software Engineer employees at VMware would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 3% in the past 12 months. Staff Software Engineer professionals have also rated VMware with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 4.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at VMware?

Member Of Technical Staff (458) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (245) , 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 979 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 946 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 768 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 422 reviews)); "Package for an intern is great: good salary and many activities organized for interns during the summer." ((in 370 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 240 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 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 47 reviews))

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VMware Staff Software Engineer reviews

4.5

91% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

98% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Staff Software Engineer employees have rated VMware with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. VMware is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

46 reviews

5.0

Apr 23, 2021

Great company: work-life balance

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company work llife balance

Cons

Improve on pay, and viability for engineers

5.0

Mar 30, 2021

Great place to work

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great for systems engineers. Great work life balance.

Cons

Not so great for non system engineers who are looking to work on problems at scale/ML/Distributed systems etc.

5.0

Feb 28, 2021

Good

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Company and work culture is good

Cons

Nothing and usual issues like other companies

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