Does VMware pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, VMware employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at VMware. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at VMware?

86% of VMware employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated VMware 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.1 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 1015 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 939 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 766 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 412 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 383 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 246 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 58 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about VMware layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about VMware layoffs and their outlook for job security at VMware in 2026.

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,832 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

VMware has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,832 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews

2.0

Mar 15, 2019

Not trustworthy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good products. good perks. good company to start your career

Cons

Poor management. they made 200 people redundant in Cork and London to make a strategic move to Barcelona, salaries are obviously lower there. most of the people were not able to move and others were not considered for jobs in Spain, just few of us did. I lost trust in Vmware, it hasn't been a great place to work the last 6 months. People do not feel valued, communication is unclear and atmosphere is weird since.

2.0

Mar 1, 2018

got laid off during “job-protected” parental leave

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job-protected parental leave, if you believe.

Cons

Don’t believe what they advertised about job-protected parental leave. They don’t care about it when they let you go. I was laid off during my parental leave and when I asked the HR staffs how it could happen as the leave is job-protected, they coldly answered with brain twisted law words w/o any care about me as a real person. I feel very disappointed about how they treated me unfairly after have been working there over many years.

1.0

Sep 8, 2017

Disappointing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good salary. You are paid more than what you do - Decent benefits - If you like a 9 to 5 job, this is a perfect place

Cons

Glassdoor should not worry about the 5 word minimum, since there is plenty to say here. - Very politically toxic environment - Lots of nepotism. Positions are opened up, but you already know who is getting it. - Most managers do not have a direction because their career itself does not have a direction - Even the basic things which you need to make your job more productive are provided. You have to literally plead for things Note: This is not VMware, but AirWatch management.

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