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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,830 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 10,830 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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11K reviews
2.0
Oct 21, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

* Great engineers - some of the best in the industry * Great products - changing the way IT works

Cons

* Bad Management * Current management is bringing in a lot of friends at very senior levels (C-level, VP, or Sr Dir) * Very political * Management encouraged to micro-manage * Lack of trust * Upper management is not communicating what is happening to the rank and file * People management skill is not valued * HR is worthless

2.0
Oct 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smart, talented engineers. - Relatively relaxed pace. - Comfortable - nice offices, snacks, drinks, etc. - Pride in working for VMware.

Cons

The projects are like big machines that are driving themselves and the developers, rather than the other way around. As an engineer, you don't design and develop products, you fix bugs and implement features that are informed by the previous version of the product. The teams don't feel like they're working together to build something, more like they're all scrambling to keep a ship afloat.

2.0
Oct 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Cutting edge technology (literally)+ good Salary+benefits

Cons

Bad management, micro micro micro management, loss of personal life, loss of health, frustrated wife ;)

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