Is BMC Software a good company to work for?

BMC Software has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,316 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% 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 3.9 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?

78% 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 (55) , 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 242 reviews)); "Great people to work with and solid products to support and sell" ((in 230 reviews)); "Great environment and culture." ((in 199 reviews)); "Benefits are good and you can see more change on the horizon it just needs the right people to drive it" ((in 168 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 112 reviews)); "frequent layoffs that destroy account continuity and just leave those left with much more work for no extra reward" ((in 72 reviews)); "upper management and leaders lack vision and innovation, no new product in years, just acquiring new companies" ((in 15 reviews)); "There's just no innovation as much as there is no focus on making BMC a great Company." ((in 14 reviews)); "Build Strong Middle and senior Management" ((in 13 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

78% would recommend to a friend

(373 total reviews)

Ayman Sayed

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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3.0

Nov 4, 2015

Working as staff specialist product developer, neutral mindset surrounded with lots of negativity.

Staff specialist product developer

Recommend

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Pros

Good salary, bonus, working flexibility, work life balance good to certain extend if not fully balanced. Pros general varies project to project and business unit to business unit.

Cons

In my case the work mostly on the maintenance and support side. Me being in RnD not getting complete job satisfaction due to false profile not justifying my skill set. Being developer have to take lots of customer calls and WebEx es as support is not at all knowledgeable.... This puts pressure on developers. We mostly endup indulging ourselves in Customer support rather doing some optimization or features development in the product. No onsite or short term onsite opportunity. Team politics is so much in certain projects because of the monopoly created by seniors team memeber.... 10 yrs same project.... These people just does not allow new comers to groom...they just boycott new comers in every way..be it knowledge share or be it socially involvement. Upper management looks perfectly OK with this as they do not take any corrective actions.

3.0

Oct 20, 2015

Find your fit

Account manager (sales)

Recommend

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Pros

Opportunity for advancement if achieving Good pay for senior reps

Cons

Inconsistent attention to various products

2.0

Oct 15, 2015

Big Motherf'n Clawback

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Relatively good enterprise level software, executive relationships at some of the largest enterprise companies in the world. Relaxed work atmosphere - no one's working hard enough to make you feel bad about hiding. You can work there for a long time without doing a whole lot as long as you don't need to feel good about yourself. The pay is pretty good for the amount of work you have to do.

Cons

Field Compensation organization is absolutely incapable of paying people appropriately or in a timely fashion. Large portions of the company have unresolved negative credits (clawbacks) for unknown/inexplicable reasons from deals booked over 12 months ago. Employees are told to just wait until next months cycle and it will be fixed - but it isn't, starting another one-month wait. God help you if you leave the company and expect to be paid commission for your final quarter. Random layoffs have been happening since the company went private without rhyme or reason - regions with 150% quota attainment were forced to cut heads while also doubling quota the following year out of retribution. Company keeps hiring outside senior management from bigger fancier companies just to fire them 1 year later after it didn't work out again, while internal talent abandons ship with lack of advancement opportunities.

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