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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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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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      11K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 23, 2014

      Culture varies by group

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of interesting projects and products being developed. Meetings everyday to gather requirements for the next best thing.

      Cons

      Internal opportunities and advancement are difficult to obtain for current employees. Poor equity distribution. Advancement for women seems non existent. You have to take ownership of your own work/life balance. It is very much the "all about me" mentality- collaboration is difficult. Business units compete against themselves and it makes everyone work in silos.

      3.0
      Jun 13, 2014

      Culture varies by function and its not all rosy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Leadership and HR initiatives such as corporate values are great attempts to provide direction and aspirations. Free food and entertainment.

      Cons

      VMware falls short in keeping its leaders and especially people managers accountable with MBOs, no consistency or oversight to ensure equity across the company on compensation and promotions. Compensation for people with tenure always lags the market. Very limited career path as you rise up the ladder and its who you know, not what you can do.

      1.0
      Jun 2, 2014

      it's not what you think

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - compensation is usually good - depends on the group, work/life balance can be good - the campus is nice, pond, waterfall, turtles - engineers-driven company

      Cons

      - delivery doesn't matter - promotions from within are rare - performance review doesn't matter - poor diversity, many Palo Alto groups have more than 70 % South Asians, I wish I knew hindu - from career prospective, not recommended to join on your own. Rule of thumb: 10 years of experience + PhD == Senior Member of Technical Staff, when joining on your own. fresh graduate == Staff Engineer, when coming through acquisition. - Rumor / urban legend goes that some groups used to put their junior members in turtle's pond, as part of some initiation process. It was swept under the carpet by HR. Once again, it's rumor, but why somebody will make up such rumors? - management / leadership rotate all the time, coming close to non-existing. I had 5 direct managers in 2.5 years.

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