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Great Technology but incompetent management - Sales VMware Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting technologies Nice office and environment

Cons

Salary used to be good but the company does not provide share options anymore. The salary has also been cut in some positions lately. A lot of management issues: - The job presented during the interview is far away from the reality - This is partly due to constant reorganizations of the teams and jobs - No training in place except of a computer based training, do not expect any help from colleagues and even less from managers. Most of them don’t have a clue. - Some sales managers have very little knowledge of the company structure. - No team spirit (1 team meeting in the last 6 months) - Employees are totally out of the decision making process. Improvement suggestions are not welcomed. - No employee empowerment, no personal development path - In order to grow up the ladder, you need to know the right person; unfortunately the intelligence or hard working behaviours are no success factor there. - Incredible turnover (e.g.: 75% of a middle-sized team resigned in not even 1 year) - Despite this high turnover, no corrective action is taken so employees are just trying to cope on a daily basis but their overall career is negatively affected - No exit interview. Does that mean that the company does not want to improve itself? - In overall the management is done only by controlling (metrics, KPI monitoring and call control) and threatening. No long term strategy. No work flexibility, 2 weeks of imposed holiday

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Pros

VMware is a big company but in many ways had a startup vibe. That was great because the resources and infrastructure of a big company were there, but it gave most people I worked with freedom to work on many projects, influence, move around, and contribute in many ways. Plus, many things moved faster than they might at other companies of the same size. Perks were really great including bonuses, events on the campus, opportunities, etc.

Cons

The biggest con is the annual layoff. During most of the years I was there, we were growing like crazy, beating expectations, gaining in stock price, etc. It was always positive and upward. However, every single January, it was known that there would be a round of layoffs, even when all numbers were looking great as they almost always were. Management called it restructuring. But, over the years, some really good people were let go for no apparent reason. Then to add insult to injury, a week or two later, there would be a company quarterly meeting discussing how VMware was doing so well and is still hiring, but they had to make some changes. It always felt dishonest and the sympathy for those let go came across as disingenuous.

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