Is VMware a good company to work for?

VMware has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 12,013 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 (460) , Technical Support Engineer (327) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (246) , 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 (88)

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 989 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 927 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 756 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 403 reviews)); "Work culture is good..you will learn lot of things here if you put your own effort" ((in 384 reviews))

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

"Poor Management and HR which is not helpful" ((in 416 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 241 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs at regular intervals" ((in 142 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 69 reviews)); "Middle management is incompetent, and multiple layers slow down or stop anything which requires an approval" ((in 58 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 VMware locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Arlington , Santa Clara , Miami , Los Angeles , Saint Louis , Irvine , Pittsburgh , Indianapolis , Philadelphia , Raleigh

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4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,838 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 10,838 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

5.0

Jun 11, 2008

This is the bet job I've ever had, I hope to be here a long time.

Senior consultant

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, great product, great people. VMware is a technical leader in Virtualization, and my coworkers are the best and brightest I've had the privilege to work with.

Cons

VMware doesn't do a good job of hiring from within. In most cases rather than promoting a current employee to a new management position, they will look outside the organization.

4.0

Jun 11, 2008

Exciting oppurtunity

senior qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working environment is very challenging at VMware. Work over here is decently paced not slow or not going nuts.

Cons

It is well suited for for systems people not for application enigneers

4.0

Jun 11, 2008

Great company!

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best reasons to work for VM Ware are that they are located in a beautiful city on a beautiful campus with beautiful facilities. The C E O is the best. . .she is very helpful and very good leadership. I would highly recommend this top notch company to any prospective job-seekers.

Cons

The downside of working at VMWare are the salary which are most of the time - - non-negotiable. While the benefits are pretty decent they are not the best and the quality of life aspect of the job is not that great either. Some of the other tech companies offer more comprehensive packages that promote a better quality of living. . .

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