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 994 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 941 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 768 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 419 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 377 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 414 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 237 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 139 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 62 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

4.0

Feb 9, 2015

Dynamic environment with huge knowledge base (if you know how to tap into it)

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Free trainings and certifications Good salary (if you hit it off well during hiring process) Snacks and coffee for free Hard work = promotions Easy access to huge knowledge base, source codes, etc. - if you know where to look for (and what to look for)

Cons

Workload doesn't leave much time for self development Lots of experienced people left and took valuable knowledge with them - feels like management isn't even trying to keep them. Salary doesn't increase with time, experience or performance Product complexity is increasing rapidly - inadequate training provided to the support engineers

5.0

Jan 26, 2015

I only worked for the company for a little over a year, but definitely enjoyed the experience.

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing company. Opportunity to make good money in sales. A lot of autonomy as an account executive. Fun environment.

Cons

Getting more bureaucratic as the company prepared to get acquired.

2.0

Jan 20, 2015

Very average: Lacking direction, no clear cut strategy

Member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Industry leading technology makes technical work here enjoyable. Time-off policies are quite standard.. Trainings could be handled better. Technology is the only pro here IMO.

Cons

Lacks a good leadership team. Managers don't work with trust and commitment, and have no managerial capabilities whatsoever. Managers are fostering an example of furthering their own vested interests rather than company's values and vision. Frequent changes (sometimes reverse) in the organization structure causes a lot disturbance and insecurity. Even the facilities department (outsourced) are indifferent to the employee concerns; and less said about management, the better.

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