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 985 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 950 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 759 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 382 reviews))

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

"This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." ((in 415 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 234 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 134 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 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

1.0

Oct 29, 2015

Disappointed with awkward company

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Progressive work environment Benefits and compensation Needed product set There are employee events that are great Subtle perks that lend to a decent environment

Cons

Out dated management Difficult territories Difficult product to sell Cold calling requirements Horrible sales enablement team Pay and comp are not valued adequately High base, but low opportunity for sales as sales cycle is long and product is not a must have then comission is chopped to bits in order to sell product

2.0

Jul 28, 2015

Unless you just Graduated, do NOT accept a sales job here.

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Solid backing by VMWare, Culture is fun and people are great, Nice office building with a great gym, solid insurance / benefits

Cons

Turn-and-burn sales job, cold calling constantly monitored by management, expectation to constantly be on the phone dialing, true "call center" sales environment, super young team

4.0

Mar 21, 2015

Worst Pay standards, Poor facilities, No Value for employees, company with dumb management.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Tag- Airwatch by vmware. Mdm product is good. Free Cabs for employees.

Cons

This Company does not has a paystandards, like all other IT companies follow. Few people get good package who belong to managers favourite group. ( even though they r not talented) They never care for employees. Work satisfaction. ..!! What is that... Dev team is controlled by a person who values only his group ppl. People inside office communicate in local languages. Some groups in malayalam kannada, telugu all most all language. Onsite is based on how you please your senior manager and not by ur work. Nothing is transperent. No fun activities in the company. Gifts given to employees are useless and are of cheap quality.

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