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?

"Incredible culture and great at building work" ((in 1147 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 986 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 919 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 744 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 431 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 417 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 243 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 145 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.

What are the top reviewed VMware locations?

München , Unterschleißheim , Stuttgart , Berlin , Düsseldorf , Hamburg

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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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews

1.0

Dec 2, 2010

It is a junk company.Just earn money and get away

Senior member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

To earn money. To learn technology

Cons

1. Culture sucks 2. Manager sucks 3. suffocating env

1.0

Sep 29, 2010

Avoid VMWare in Colorado Springs

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation is about fifteen percent higher than many technical companies in the Colorado Springs area. The benefits are decent.

Cons

Very political, hostile work environment. Most people are promoted based on personal friendships, not merit. The long term engineers (8 years and longer) are paid about 40% above the local market and spend most of their time on personal projects or reading, and very little on shippable product. More recent hires (about 4 years and less) are usually assigned to grunt work until they burn out and leave.

4.0

Jul 2, 2010

Great place to work if you have no ambition

Field sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent pay Quality product Great for environment Excellent benefits

Cons

Nobody welcomes ideas to improve No opportunity for advancement Quotas are assigned with no rhyme or reason Middle management is terrible Gender bias

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