VMware Reviews

Pros

Technology - First Class
People - First Class

Cons

Margin, Margin, Margin
Drive the teams into the ground
Push them even harder, they quit, who cares, plenty of people in line...supposedly
Make the employees justify why they should be paid a bonus or a salary increase
Push them harder
Make goals really dreams..... unachievable

This was a great company now its about the dollar regardless of anything else.

Advice to Senior Management

Pauls message is very clear, the local management should take this one rather than focus on margin. Paul has shaped this company well with regards to products and they way they are positioned.The loyal VMware people are proud to work for Paul. and share is beliefs.

Below that is chaos and uncertainty shrouded by doubt.

The door swings both ways and the exit door is due for a service.

Respect your people, junior and middle management especially. You need them to develop for VMware to become a first class company.

There are many, I mean many unhappy people looking......

Pros

Dynamic, cutting edge technology. Some of the old folks are very smart and have very bright ideas. Main campus is nice and modern with a great gym

Cons

Quite a number of good folks left company recently. New comers bring in different work culture. Inconsistent and unclear direction from above causes confusion and inefficiency.

Pros

the technology vmware delivers is world class and will continue to be valid in customer environments for years to come

Cons

there appears to be a considerable number of managers from the same company and background which reduces any diversity of thought

Pros

The company is a leader in its space leading to good growth and learning opportunities.

Cons

Difficult to balance work and personal life.

Pros

If you enjoy a fast-paced, quickly-changing environment, this is the place for you. We've got a good product and are leaders in our market

Cons

As with any high-growth company, we're growing faster than our processes can keep up. This can be exciting and also frustrating.

Pros

1) salary. I was making more than any of my classmates
2) Environment... almost everything was free
3) As an intern, the intern leaders were extremely helpful and supportive and responsive of feedback

Cons

might be hard to get quickly promoted

Advice to Senior Management

Just because they have a near perfect GPA does not mean they are good team players. Hire someone based off their personality not just their transcript... it's only an internship

Pros

I like the vmware products and the sports facilities. The annual RSU grant is great too. The campus location was good too.

Cons

Cafe is too crowed and too small. Need more variety of food and better quality. Parking is kind of crowed too recently.

Advice to Senior Management

I like the vmware products and the sports facilities. The annual RSU grant is great too. The campus location was good too.

Pros

Leading technology, market leaders, good people of high caliber

Cons

It can be very political, but good work gets rewarded

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more opportunities for cross job training

Pros

flexibility, cool technology, cute young guys

Cons

it's big and has the usual drawbacks of a big company

Advice to Senior Management

Bring back the Christmas party!

Pros

Good work life balance, good people, AMAZING food.

Cons

Difficultly communicating between departments. A lot of groups are very secretive about their internal knowledge.
A big company that doesn't have a lot of established protocols, sometimes getting data or processing paperwork can be very cumbersome.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote more openness and communication between departments