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 979 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 923 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 755 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 387 reviews))

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

"There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 238 reviews)); "Annual layoffs at the beginning of each year leave you uneasy wondering if you will have a job." ((in 138 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 60 reviews)); "abusive managers ; favoritism ; expectations are you work till you drop." ((in 20 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.

VMware reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,832 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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

Sep 13, 2014

It s a mess

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can learn a new technology

Cons

If you want to be unsatisfied come here

1.0

Mar 3, 2014

Everything negative you are reading is true. Do not work here. Bait and Switch

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are great, that is the only redeeimg thing.

Cons

Everything. There is complete lack of communication. Sales does not get commision plans that are correct, nor are they ever paid out correctly. We have to rely on accounting to send correct comissions and you dont ever know what you are being paid for. They switch our territories and regions and dont let us keep any of the accounts we spent so much time on. The CEO is awful and no one wants to get promoted so you become in his line of vision. This is a total bait and switch. If you are young and straight out of school it is great. The recruiters inflate how much we are going to make, and the length of the sales cycle. DO NOT WORK HERE.

4.0

Sep 24, 2012

Hate the managers, their performance kills the people that like the technical work.

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, interresting work. good office space.

Cons

looks like family business in management, unprofessional managers, driving it like call center

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