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VMware Technical Engineer reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(307 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

88% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Technical Engineer employees have rated VMware with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 307 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Technical Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. VMware is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Technical Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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307 reviews
2.0
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Leader in virtualization which is a hot topic

Cons

Arrogant management Bad work culture - Not very responsive management when it comes to responding to employee needs Bad communication practices - major decisions are not communicated effectively to engineering marketing is not doing its job of pushing products product managers have no clue what customer pain points are sales over promise and customers complain a lot about the products to support High end functionality is not working in most accounts parteners complain a lot no technical support given to partners like networking, storage companies chaotic environment in the company too much money spent of decorations pay is less competitive and now that stock is dead, its not very attractive

4.0
Oct 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Possibly a valuable technology for the future of this country- Green Data Centers. A Technical leader in virtualization, with many partner companies. The employee benefits are good.

Cons

career paths limited, salaries seldom vary from "hired in" amount. Stay out of GSS, the technical support department gets little respect, and less pay. Now going head-to-head with Microsoft, and this affects both stock value, and the amount of money the company is willing to spend on employees. Corporate leadership is 100% controlled by EMC, as they own 99% of the voting stock, until that changes, expect no "flashes of genius" in strategy.

3.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with The people I worked with were exceptionally bright and friendly. Many perks.

Cons

Poor support for career paths, no career guidance, a perception that women are less knowledgeable and capable. No mentoring, empowerment or support and there is a male buddy system that locks women out of advancement within their department. Many departments are becoming management top heavy with over emphasis on report metrics and little importance placed on encouragement and retention.

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