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 1165 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 974 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 954 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 763 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 428 reviews))

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

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 421 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 243 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 67 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 58 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

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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

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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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews

2.0

Mar 24, 2013

no guidance

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great product customers love it and I loved selling it and that made for an enjoyable experience

Cons

Middle managment has no relevant experience or necessary qualification. I was managed by a guy who was completly incompetent. Issues raised with him, he would not raise with senior managers. Only directors know whats going on there and even they have their own agendas. The company is more focused on their competitors and less on selling the products

2.0

Jan 5, 2013

Very hard to get things done. Moving slower and slower each year. Declining product quality.

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay and benefits There are still some very smart and nice people (but they are in decline) Nice campus and physical work environment

Cons

Very heavyweight and dysfunctional release management process. Very slow moving. Takes enormous engineering effort each year to put out a vSphere product release, while not moving the needle very much. Toxic politics and a fair amount of silo-ing and back-stabbing. Overall a very harsh engineering culture where different silos tear and grind at each other rather than unify and collaborate. Company pays lots of lip service to meritocracy and accountability, but what happen daily is just the opposite. Toxic and incompetent people are allowed to be around for years, wrecking havoc on the engineering organization. Product quality seems to be getting worse each year.

2.0

Nov 10, 2012

More LOW- than Highlights

Ipbm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Products Colleagues - when not stressed out ESPP (shares for employees)

Cons

Targets to high Incapable low and middle anagement Zero career Opportunities High fluctuation around 75% in two years !!!!

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