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.

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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5.0

Apr 21, 2016

Excellent, collaborative and supportive culture.

Client success specialist

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Probably the best team I've ever been a part of. Very much an open and collaborative environment. I always felt welcome to express myself and bug other departments to make things happen. Great benefits package.

Cons

I ran into some very toxic mid level manager but that seemed to be a hiring fluke. Most departments had very respectable and professional management, bad apples are inevitable. I was layed off but I'm grateful for my time at VMware and everything I've learned and I'll certainly consider returning at some point should the opportunity arise.

1.0

Apr 4, 2016

I have been working with Airwatch more than 1 year

Software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Free Ac cab, work from home benifits.

Cons

No work life balance. No cultural activity. Repetative work.

4.0

Mar 31, 2016

Great people, bad upper management

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays well, everyone is very respectful, great work/life balance, benefits are top notch.

Cons

Upper management is very isolated, they don't understand the problems that the people who do the real work face, they don't understand the pains of the customers, they aren't very technical but they would claim to be.

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