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- "This alone tells you how bad management is and how stressful it is to work for this company." (in 379 reviews)
- "Some managers have been in the role too long and wont move as they wouldn't survive elsewhere." (in 227 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★Featured Review
Good
May 12, 2023 - Senior Member of Technical Staff in BengaluruRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good to be part of vmware
Cons
There is no cons so far
- Former Employee★★★★★
Talent Acquisition
Jun 5, 2023 - Talent Acquisition in Egypt, IDRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The work environment is great and supportive. The work experience qualifies me for a more senior level in the future
Cons
Top management should be more inclusive to employees working in different locations
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Bad Leadership
May 2, 2023 - Senior Financial Analyst in Palo Alto, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great Benefits Great work-life balance Low-pressure job
Cons
Leadership was more focused on building out their organization than supporting their employees or the business. The only time I met with a member of senior leadership, I got a 25-minute speech about where they went to business school and their jobs before coming to VMware. The only work you really do is financial planning - I got in trouble for 'overstepping' when I did additional work that my VP/SVP business partners asked for help on. Finance is very siloed and takes very little responsibility for the success of the business. I think for VMW and the business units to be successful the finance team needs to be a true partner and help their businesses succeed. Anyone who came as part of an acquisition had no career advancement opportunity. It was only if you had an MBA and were a buddy of management that you were given good opportunities.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Best Place Ever!
May 23, 2023 - Senior Manager, IT in Atlanta, GARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great base pay and an amazing bonus -- which usually pays over the expected percentage. The benefits are amazing as well between the PTO, Sick Time, Ma/Paternity leave, TAB days (if you know, you know), Wellbeing Allowance, Equity sharing, and annual pay increases. These are a few of the bigger ones. Work life balance couldn't be better as 100% remote is also an option. The actual work never seems to stop either plus with tech changing so much, there's always challenging and meaningful work to do.
Cons
Constant restructuring causes some panic among engineers and managers. There's always an uneasy feeling about longevity.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Excellent environment
May 25, 2023 - Technical Product Manager in Denver, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Real professional development Location flexibility (fully remote to fully in-office, with few caveats) Nearly limitless opportunities for finding a new role within the company Excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, employee discounts on wide array of goods/services) Big focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI, pro/con depends on personal preference)
Cons
Similar stresses as normal Tech companies as far as goals and deadlines (not necessarily a con, should be expected) Some uncertainty currently due to Broadcom acquisition (to be resolved in 2023) Big focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI, pro/con depends on personal preference)
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Community, Culture, Flexible Work Options, Bonus, 401k matching, Insurance, and PA Campus is beautiful!
Cons
RSU's are really saved for Director Level + and Engineers.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
More politics less quality, talent leaving company
Jun 1, 2023 - Sr. Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
good technology, learning curve, management is well behaved, professional.
Cons
tolerates bullies and ethics is only name sake. Lot of good talent left company ever since acquisition news and hence anything is tolerated in the company
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Great if you're VP or Above
May 24, 2023 - Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
There are a small subset of colleagues that are sharp and do what it takes to meet stretch goals. And have a ton of integrity. Hopefully these folks will be retained and will love the BC culture.
Cons
Leadership doesn't walk the talk, they're not seen as authentic or inspiring, and that trickles down. TONS of redundancy and wasted rounds of work as folks try to demonstrate relevance in anticipation of the likely acquisition.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great company, bad management
Mar 17, 2023 - Customer Sales and Service AgentRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Working hours, weekends free, competitions, prizes, self-development.
Cons
Bad management, if you are hired as a contractor your salary will be the bare minimum doing the same or even More than other people working for the company itself. And you will have NO benefits at all. (No insurance, no epic days, no sick days, less salary...) If you have any difference/problem/opinion with a superior you will be fired or demoted at any chance instead to get a solution. Be ready to do "your colleagues work" because they use to be "sick or ooto" quite often. The training is one of the worst I ever had, 'reading the internal guidelines' and that is all.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Great company but lots of uncertainties
Jun 2, 2023 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
A lot of talented folks at VMware. Definitely lots of room to learn and grow.
Cons
With Broadcom deal glooming, uncertainties are high.
VMware Reviews FAQs
VMware has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 10,610 reviews left anonymously by employees. 86% of employees would recommend working at VMware to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
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, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at VMware to be coworkers, culture, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.
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