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 956 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 943 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 766 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 413 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?

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 426 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 248 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs twice in a year" ((in 144 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

Jul 14, 2011

Incompetent leadership whipping employees around with constantly changing, whimsical decisions

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

+ Nice headquarters campus with free snacks/beverages + Still some very smart people trying to battle it out + Exciting vision, building upon a winning flagship product

Cons

- Top leadership team is not cohesive and they have each brought in their own cronies from past companies - Top leaders are not held accountable -- if there is bad news, they scapegoat someone and don't take any responsibility for their own actions - Too many acquisitions that employees do not understand and that are not well integrated into the main company - Employees are not allowed to make decisions - There is a premium on moving fast and executing, but no time is spent on planning so people move in different directions and decisions change daily - There is a lot of backstabbing and power grabs, especially by withholding information - There is generally a lot of mistrust between teams, groups and orgs

2.0

Mar 17, 2011

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Senior consultant

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice facilities Nice snacks GoodSalary Work itself is interesting

Cons

Lack of respect for time (Scheduled meetings had freq' no shows or little notice) Excluded from team meetings and discssions Left to fend for yourself (If you're lucky they'll point you in the right direction Senior Managers do not seem to know what they want or how they want it They push dates and % complete on a project plan without understanding the scope and detail required Looks like it was once a great place, but trying to save money w lots of cheaper consultants

1.0

Feb 15, 2011

worst working environment in the silicon valley

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

VMware is the leader in its market.

Cons

Worst management (rude, unfair, unprofessional).

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