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 (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , 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 982 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 974 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 751 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 428 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?

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 247 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 51 reviews))

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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4.5

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4.5

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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 10,839 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Jun 29, 2016

It is what you make of it, and I still love it

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Pros

The AirWatch office in MK is one of the coolest and nicest places you could work for in the area. Banter, fun, professionalism, impact, technology leadership, market demand, nice people, happy days

Cons

There are some of the old folks sticking around who missed out on the big payday when VMW took over, disgruntled people posting irritating opinions, and whilst those folks may be disgruntled for a reason - those reasons are in the history of airwatch. Or they simply ruined their relationship to the mgmt and wonder why they're disregarded. Personally i had a fantastic 3 years and i would always do it again.

5.0

Jan 22, 2013

Account Manager

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Pros

cool company, innovative products, fancy

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management staff, low salary, lack of personal development

4.0

Dec 22, 2009

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Inside account representative

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Pros

Great salaries (due to accelerators) when you over-achieve your quota; good teamspirit.

Cons

Highly unprofessional senior management, no fairness in selecting persons for promotions.

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