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 (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , 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 965 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 930 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 758 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 405 reviews)); "Good salaries even if there is a lot of difference in the same role: the suggestions is to negotiate very well at the beginning!" ((in 383 reviews))

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

"I had a very Bad manager" ((in 236 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 137 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 70 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 59 reviews)); "Senior management has basically ignored the last 50 years or so of management best practices." ((in 50 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.

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,838 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 10,838 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

5.0

Jan 1, 2012

Good Work Life Balance, amazing food.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good work life balance, good people, AMAZING food.

Cons

Difficultly communicating between departments. A lot of groups are very secretive about their internal knowledge. A big company that doesn't have a lot of established protocols, sometimes getting data or processing paperwork can be very cumbersome.

4.0

Dec 29, 2011

Your experience depends a lot on which group you are in or are working with

Staff technical writer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

flexibility, cool technology, cute young guys

Cons

it's big and has the usual drawbacks of a big company

3.0

Dec 25, 2011

Good company and great products

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great products that work as advertised

Cons

Career advancement and recognition isn't available

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