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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,832 total reviews)
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Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

VMware has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,832 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Snacks are great. Food is good. Parking has gotten better. Lots of charging stations! Co-workers are nice. Going Green and recycling is highly encouraged.

Cons

Upper management has made some bad software decisions. Why spend millions on a system and then lay off hundreds? Not to mention unrest and uneasy folks waiting for the Dell shoe to drop.

3.0
May 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are still pockets of goodness within VMware so those who stick around, are doing it because they are with a good team. They just poured tons of money and stocks to retain people and now promoting so many people even those who don't deserve it that its diluting the value of promotions.

Cons

Leaders in the company are either in denial or unaware of the dysfunction in the guts of the company. They reward leaders who are great at managing up even if they are unable to maintain organizational health and growth. When issues are raised openly including at a public leadership forum, instead of acknowledging the issues or asking for more details, they turn the issue back to middle managers to address without any accountability at the top. This used to be a great place to work until we allowed bad seeds to grow in the company.

3.0
Apr 29, 2016

Transitional year...

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of great people who want to do the right thing and are passionate about winning in their market. Compelling solutions that customers are adopting broadly. Employees are empowered to build plans and execute.

Cons

Many transitions happening at the company at once - employees are struggling to feel informed and certain about the future. Not clear what impact will be of Dell acquisition, recent leadership changes, market transitions around shift to cloud and lack of clarity on what role VMware will play. Leadership does not all appear to aligned and in lock step going forward about how the company will navigate all these transitions. Work pace is very fast - challenge is that everyone is dealing with what is urgent, not what is strategic...

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