VMware Staff Technical Program Manager reviews

-CPD BU Leader's main priority is to develop/promote Beijing Team leaving rest of the Teams (Paloalto, Bangalore, Sophia) to Hell! -No employee retention -Engineers are treated like Pigs (Extremely sorry to compare with Pigs) No value to personal life. -No work life balance, even after working during weekends, Managers expect engineers not take any comp off for the weekends spent on work. -Too much of Politics. -In-order to promote their level in hierarchy, Sr. Manager(s) hire another manager. -Managers can do anything to elevate their position. Best example-One of the engineer(Sr. MTS) who resignes the company after 1+yr of work in CPD as Lead, gets call back to CPD as Manager.

The annual release cycle doesn't meet anyone's needs. We can't make big bets because they don't fit into an annual release release, which means that we can't deliver enough value to justify an annual release. There's a new fire drill that requires a drastic re-plan every few weeks, which impacts morale and leaves the impression that senior management doesn't know what it's doing. QA is perennially understaffed, which makes the annual release cycle more difficult. Our customers don't want annual releases. We're not investing in our architecture or scalability, which leaves us vulnerable. The benefits are okay, but not as good as other companies. The 401k and charitable giving matches do not match local companies.