Is BMC Software a good company to work for?

BMC Software has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,320 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at BMC Software to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BMC Software have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Business Development Representative (BDR) and Product Account Manager .

Does BMC Software pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BMC Software employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BMC Software. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BMC Software?

77% of BMC Software employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BMC Software 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BMC Software?

Software Engineer (158) , Account Manager (74) , Product Developer (56) , Software Developer (55) , Technical Support Analyst (40) , Sales (38) , Staff Specialist Product Developer (36) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (35) , Senior Product Developer (35) , Staff Product Developer (32) , Lead Product Developer (31) , Intern (30) , Manager (30) , Account Manager (Sales) (28) , Product Account Manager (28)

What are the pros of working at BMC Software according to real employee reviews?

"BMC offers a good work/life balance and respects the fact that its employees have lives outside of work." ((in 249 reviews)); "Great people to work with and solid products to support and sell" ((in 236 reviews)); "Great environment and culture." ((in 194 reviews)); "Benefits are good and you can see more change on the horizon it just needs the right people to drive it" ((in 163 reviews)); "Good work culture and employee engagement" ((in 145 reviews))

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

"Poor management threatens employees in the name of cost cutting so that they will not ask for anything else." ((in 121 reviews)); "frequent layoffs that destroy account continuity and just leave those left with much more work for no extra reward" ((in 73 reviews)); "Some time upper management are partial with contract employee and full time employee." ((in 14 reviews)); "There's just no innovation as much as there is no focus on making BMC a great Company." ((in 14 reviews)); "Senior management is competent, but I've heard the CEO state "you can never put in enough hours, BMC should be your life" and it just filters down through management." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about BMC Software layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BMC Software layoffs and their outlook for job security at BMC Software in 2026.

What are the top reviewed BMC Software locations?

Houston , San Jose , Austin , Santa Clara , Cary , New York , Chicago , Dallas , Tampa , Detroit , Raleigh , Sunnyvale , San Francisco , Atlanta , Pleasanton , Washington , Lexington , Charlotte , Seattle , Boston , Israel , Salt Lake City , Plano , Los Angeles , McLean , Jersey City , Texas City , Minneapolis , San Diego , Denver

BMC Software reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,883 total reviews)

Ayman Sayed

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

BMC Software has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,883 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BMC Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews

4.0

May 14, 2014

Great Company to work with

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A very open working environment Very open to suggestions/Feedbacks related to work or the environment. Pays Good Recognizes good work. Gives good opportunity for Personal Development.

Cons

Lay-offs in past have haunted people. BMC needs to strategize for the future, currently there is a big gap in what BMC provides and what the market is capable of taking. BMC needs to look into various market sections and not concentrate on the top companies.

2.0

May 13, 2014

Mediocre Software, Good Technical people, Angry Customers, Poor Middle management

Business systems management (bsm) architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good facilities, average benefits, Great Offshore teams. Senior management pretty effective at solving product issues. Very good focus on customers during pursuit phase, Indian business and technical management are second to none.

Cons

Middle Management too reactive, Mixed bag of consultant quality and people skills, Services ( PMO, Portfolio managers, "Global" delivery managers...) unprepared and forced to play "hot potato" trying to bury rework costs and impact of fixing poorly tested software.

3.0

May 6, 2014

Tough Road Ahead

Account manager (sales)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology, benefits, and pay is market value. Have a good install base and receive a large revenue stream from that. Made very good acquisitions over the years buying best of breed technology. Market leader in certain sectors.

Cons

The strategy is where there is no direction, growth is flat, and talent level has dissipated as roles aren't clearly defined and management is on a turntable as they are attempting to do more with less. Privately held after long stint as a public company aka the beginning of the end, the ship is slowly sinking. Wouldn't be shocked if a larger more nimble company bought the pieces eventually. Tons of complacent workers happy collecting a check. New customers are hard to obtain and lots of customers leaving.

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