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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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2.0
Sep 29, 2009

No Commitment to Employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Innovative technology Great people to work with Desire to do the right thing Individuals who are willing to put in effort are rewarded

Cons

Some groups seem to be swinging in the wind Goal is clear, execution lacking Fundamental problems not being addressed Poor career growth paths

1.0
Sep 1, 2009
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Pros

The technology is great and works, clients are excited to work with you, workload is manageable when compared to other software companies consultancies. Market dominance overwhelms institutional incompetence. With as much churn as experienced over the last year and a half as well as new management; there is a lot of potential for improvement.

Cons

Green middle management is poor at resource management resulting in few opportunities for professional growth and knowledge sharing. Poor coordination of resources and internal posturing stints ability for leveraging experiences to provide best solutions to clients. Lack of project management experience further complicates things. Increasing focus on completing Milestone Completion forms removes focus from accomplishing what the client wants. SMB/Commercial focus hinders ability to credibly discuss solutions with enterprise providers. Engagements with an excess of two individuals over 5 weeks tax the abilities of the engagement management, when in reality this is when EMs should be used. Environment of upwards management breeds questionable ethics by individuals working to move up the chain as well as poor collaboration or delegation due to the need to impress. Upper Management seems fine, but there message is completely lost on the multiple levels of relative incompetence between them and the clients.

4.0
Jun 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Vmware is an exciting place to work. There is never a dull moment around here and a new adventure around every corner. People here push themselves and that's very motivating.

Cons

There is always way more work to be done than can possibly get done. It's easy to feel overwhelmed. Managers are to engrossed in their own work to do a good job of directing the work of their employees.

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