Is VMware a good company to work for?

VMware has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 12,004 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 86% of employees would recommend working at VMware to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about VMware have been left by employees working as Intern , Commercial Account Manager and Technical Account Manager (TAM) .

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 (87)

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 1005 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 937 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 749 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 424 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 376 reviews))

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

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 413 reviews)); "There are some bad managers I have worked with" ((in 240 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs at regular intervals" ((in 138 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 68 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((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?

Palo Alto , Atlanta , Austin , Boston , New York , Broomfield , San Francisco , San Jose , Denver , Dallas , Chicago , Washington , Reston , Los Angeles , Bellevue , Seattle , Cambridge , Raleigh , Miami , Colorado Springs , Tampa , Phoenix , Philadelphia , Charlotte , Houston , Mountain View , Salt Lake City , Minneapolis , Nashville , Sunnyvale

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,830 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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 10,830 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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4.0

Nov 2, 2012

great opportunities if you can pivot quickly

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

still some smart people, great products and a phenomenal strategy. There's still cowboys who are getting stuff done, you just have to look hard to find them.

Cons

way too many overlapping projects and products, no one willing to make the hard decision to stamp out the overlaps. The consensus driven culture lives on but with so many people and decisions to be made, it can be paralyzing.

4.0

Oct 3, 2012

The agony and the extasy

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great vision for dominating the next generation of data centers through virtualization + automation = cloud computing.

Cons

Often inconsistent execution as individual teams pursue their short term strategies at the cost of the overall corporate vision.

3.0

Sep 5, 2012

While attempting to build a motivating environment, this division is measuring its employees to metrics vs attainment

Inside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leader in virtualization industry; professional growth opportunities; culture, people and executive leadership team; fast paced environment

Cons

Poor leadership in Small to Midsize Business division with very "green" inside managers with no or limited experience in managing a team or true understanding of how to motivate their sales professionals

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