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No longer the company it used to be, extremely negative work environment with low morale. - Anonymous employee VMware Employee Review

2.0
15 Jul 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice modern campus. Smart and intelligent people are what makes VMware what it is today. Good company with good products.

Cons

extremely bad pay for long timers compared to newly hired people and compared to the market no praise for doing a good job no career advancement no growth for promotion people backstab each other in order to climb the ladder, at whatever cost extremely NEGATIVE environment, very low morale people always blaming other people and not taking accountability for their own actions and decisions no communication no knowledge sharing - people keep what they know to themselves no process-if there is a process defined, no one follows it, not even the people who defined the process no true and real leadership to take VMware to the next level and to make VMware a great company to work for executive staff promises no layoffs but turns around and has 3 rounds of layoffs. new executives layoff people in order to hire their own staff HR staff does not assist employees and only assists executive staff does not care about employees enough to make a change and to improve employee satisfation- management actually said they only care about VMware and whether or not VMware is successful bringing back cereal and increasing 401k contributions is not enough to improve employee satisfaction and increase moral too many reorgs turnover rate is 60% and higher VMware is greedy

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5.0
24 Jun 2019
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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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