Pros
Great products loved by customers and partners. Lots of very skilled and accomplished co-workers. If you've been around since the IPO, the options are nice and still vesting. The physical environment is great, beautiful campus in a good location in Palo Alto. Decent flexibility to tele-commute.
Cons
The meritocracy is an absolute joke. But a very un-funny joke. Promotions are very scarce and given for great ass-kissing and power-point skils, not for results. VMware is not a company driven by data and facts. A typical management response to data is to kill the messenger. VMware is still hiring at a fast clip and new people (plus the possy they drag in with them) are given impressive director and VP titles. The people who have been around and built this successful company are not promoted, not rewarded, and seriously underpaid.
