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 1153 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the Palo Alto campus is gorgeous." ((in 993 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 935 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 755 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 416 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 416 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 240 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 140 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 60 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

(10,833 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 10,833 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

Oct 18, 2008

Trying to become a major player

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Possibly a valuable technology for the future of this country- Green Data Centers. A Technical leader in virtualization, with many partner companies. The employee benefits are good.

Cons

career paths limited, salaries seldom vary from "hired in" amount. Stay out of GSS, the technical support department gets little respect, and less pay. Now going head-to-head with Microsoft, and this affects both stock value, and the amount of money the company is willing to spend on employees. Corporate leadership is 100% controlled by EMC, as they own 99% of the voting stock, until that changes, expect no "flashes of genius" in strategy.

4.0

Oct 2, 2008

Great place for smart engineers

Mts-2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love the office, the flexible schedules and the work is very interesting. The campus is very beautiful and located in a natural environment. Many people are able take a break during the day and go on a bike ride up in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Cons

The replacement of our CEO has created a lot of chaos in upper management.

2.0

Sep 11, 2008

Run away train...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a ton of potential as it is the market leader in the virtualization space.

Cons

The stock price has been slipping, the sales quotas are unattainable and the run rate business has been cannibalized buy offering the core product for free.

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