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 1000 reviews)); "You can learn so much from VMware and give back to charities while still enjoying a good work life balance." ((in 944 reviews)); "Great for people really into coding and those who don't like much customer face to face dealings" ((in 757 reviews)); "Pay is good but you cannot spend as you don't know when your job will be gone." ((in 410 reviews)); "Good salaries even if there is a lot of difference in the same role: the suggestions is to negotiate very well at the beginning!" ((in 376 reviews))

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

"This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." ((in 412 reviews)); "I had a very Bad manager" ((in 239 reviews)); "frequent org changes and layoffs" ((in 136 reviews)); "Upper management is bad which creates hierarchy" ((in 68 reviews)); "Mediocre middle management." ((in 59 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.

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VMware reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(10,839 total reviews)

Raghu Raghuram

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 10,839 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

3.0

Dec 1, 2014

Outsourcing Canadian jobs to Costa Rica

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

office culture, fair wages, leadership was great, intelligent people, nice perks like lunch, fun atmosphere, great customer service team until they outsourced to costa rica with no notice

Cons

moved customer service & licensing to costa rica with no notice to employees and no opportunity to find another position within the company, they just called everyone into a meeting and said we were all out of a job and then stood outside handing us boxes to clean out our desks and told us to leave immediately, not a fair way to treat employees that put in their best effort for the company

1.0

Mar 7, 2023

Fake Reviews, Poor Management, Outdated Products and Stratagy

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not much left at this point, but for what its worth: Still above average pay. Work from Home in some cases. Still lots of intelligent people left in the team.

Cons

Management is not transparent. No sense of direction, all procedures and guidelines are out the window. Everyone is trying to just sell something at all costs, even if by lying to the customers. Cant hide the fact that we are not who we were or who we say we are. Lots of marketing and talk around inclusion and equality but in practice, certain people and groups are given priority over others.

2.0

Feb 2, 2016

VMware

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and great engineers in the office

Cons

Office location is horrible, culture is getting a big hit and EPIC2 values are not there... New management is destroying the company and our products are getting less competitive (with a few exceptions). Customers are getting half-baked products and paying a fortune for it. Support by junior engineers is provided out of low-cost geographies.

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