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

1.0

Dec 2, 2014

QA - fresher Bangalore

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Free a.c cabs MDM- cutting edge technology Hoping VMware will introduce their policies If you love holding buckets please come ahead Dedicated room for hr to stay safe and isolated- **wow**

Cons

- politics to peak - QA is treated bad - zero employee benefits - freshers are paid better than experienced - zero automation - no is bothered about employee benefits - people with zero knowledge on anything at all blame you for taking long breaks - no work from home at all - only based on your team you might get a chance to learn - food is very bad and hr does not bother to find a better one - still have a lot of bad things we are undergoing now just cannot keep listing them.

3.0

Dec 1, 2014

Outsourcing Canadian jobs to Costa Rica

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

office culture, fair wages, leadership was great, intelligent people, nice perks like lunch, fun atmosphere, great customer service team until they outsourced to costa rica with no notice

Cons

moved customer service & licensing to costa rica with no notice to employees and no opportunity to find another position within the company, they just called everyone into a meeting and said we were all out of a job and then stood outside handing us boxes to clean out our desks and told us to leave immediately, not a fair way to treat employees that put in their best effort for the company

2.0

Oct 23, 2014

Employee benefits and work culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

MDM is an emerging domain and its an added advantage Flat system but not so organized. can learn new things and technology

Cons

Not a process oriented company No fun activities , only work No proper communication is done to employees from HR team about any thing good or bad

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