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    96%
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    VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
    Pat Gelsinger
    2085 Ratings
    Top CEOs 2018
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    1. "Great Intern Program"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Financial Analyst 

      I worked at VMware full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Very great environment to learn in, fun company events, great internship program

      Cons

      Average age is older and less exciting for the younger crowd

    2. "Great place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Proposal Manager in Washington, DC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at VMware full-time for more than 20 years

      Pros

      Great benefits; including work from home

      Cons

      Occasional surprise layoffs under the guise of “business realignment”

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    3. "Awesome place"

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        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

        I have been working at VMware full-time

        Pros

        Good work culture in the compsny

        Cons

        No cons in the compsny

      • "Great company to work for"

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          Current Employee - Sales Specialist in Nashville, TN

          I have been working at VMware full-time for more than 2 years

          Pros

          Work life balance, benefits

          Cons

          No con to give at this time

        • "Great company to work"

          StarStarStarStarStar
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          • Senior Management
          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CA
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at VMware full-time for more than 20 years

          Pros

          flexible hours can move between team passionate people

          Cons

          too much flexibility allow abuse of the system

        • "Great place to work, with great benefits"

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          • Senior Management
          Current Employee - Senior Proposal Manager in Reston, VA
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I have been working at VMware full-time for more than 4 years

          Pros

          Really great benefits - medical, dental, vision, etc Plus other "soft" benefits: lunches provided on about half the Fridays in the year; kitchen with free snacks, soft drinks, bottled water, fruit drinks; Flexible work location for most positions

          Cons

          Surprise layoffs even after a record-breaking year.

          Advice to Management

          Manage in such a way that a "business realignment" isn't necessary

        • "To"

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          Former Employee - EUC AE 
          Doesn't Recommend
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I worked at VMware full-time for more than 2 years

          Pros

          Excellent product Easy to get in the door Confusing product set that doesn’t really have a complete story Great commerodery between SEs, specialists and core reps

          Cons

          Somewhat unrealistic goals Unmanageable territories GEH Management cares more about their image than actual excellence - not focused on customer success Lots of finger pointing in specialist position with expectations changing quarterly Lower level management cares more about reports than actually having time to sell Layoffs just about every February Management hard to trust and very disconnected with real...

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          Advice to Management

          List to your reps, listen to your customers and don’t ignore the market and feedback.

        • "software engineer"

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          • Senior Management
          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
          Recommends
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at VMware full-time

          Pros

          fun, challenge, perks, vacation, and more

          Cons

          over time, and more, and more

        • "Great company; great people"

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          Former Employee - Director 
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I worked at VMware full-time for more than 6 years

          Pros

          Great executive leadership Great stated values Great opportunity to learn and grow

          Cons

          Processes can be cumbersome Lots of egos

        • "A great company to with"

          StarStarStarStarStar
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          • Culture & Values
          • Career Opportunities
          • Compensation and Benefits
          • Senior Management
          Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

          I worked at VMware full-time for more than 4 years

          Pros

          Work culture is great Compensation is good

          Cons

          career growth and development is slow

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